Code of Virginia Code - Chapter 12. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (original) (raw)

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Chapter 12.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

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Article 1.
General Provisions
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§ 55.1-1200

Definitions

§ 55.1-1201

Applicability of chapter; local authority

§ 55.1-1202

Notice

§ 55.1-1203

Application; deposit, fee, and additional information

§ 55.1-1204

Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant

§ 55.1-1204.1

Fee disclosure statement

§ 55.1-1205

Prepaid rent; maintenance of escrow account

§ 55.1-1206

Landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant

§ 55.1-1207

Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement

§ 55.1-1208

Prohibited provisions in rental agreements

§ 55.1-1208.1

Rental agreements; child care

§ 55.1-1209

Confidentiality of tenant records

§ 55.1-1209.1

Employees of the landlord; rental dwelling unit keys and electronic key codes; policies and procedures

§ 55.1-1210

Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access

§ 55.1-1211

Appointment of resident agent by nonresident property owner; service of process, etc., on such agent or on Secretary of the Commonwealth

§ 55.1-1212

Energy submetering, energy allocation equipment, sewer and water submetering equipment, and ratio utility billing systems; local government fees

§ 55.1-1213

Transfer of deposits upon purchase

Article 2.
Landlord Obligations
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§ 55.1-1214

Inspection of dwelling unit; report

§ 55.1-1215

Disclosure of mold in dwelling units

§ 55.1-1216

Disclosure of sale of premises

§ 55.1-1217

Required disclosures for properties located adjacent to a military air installation; remedy for nondisclosure

§ 55.1-1218

Required disclosures for properties with defective drywall; remedy for nondisclosure

§ 55.1-1219

Required disclosures for property previously used to manufacture methamphetamine; remedy for nondisclosure

§ 55.1-1220

Landlord to maintain fit premises

§ 55.1-1221

Landlord to provide locks and peepholes

§ 55.1-1222

Access of tenant to cable, satellite, and other television facilities

§ 55.1-1223

Notice to tenants for insecticide or pesticide use

§ 55.1-1224

Limitation of liability

§ 55.1-1225

Tenancy at will; effect of notice of change of terms or provisions of tenancy

§ 55.1-1226

Security deposits

Article 3.
Tenant Obligations
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§ 55.1-1227

Tenant to maintain dwelling unit

§ 55.1-1228

Rules and regulations

§ 55.1-1229

Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems

§ 55.1-1230

Access following entry of certain court orders

§ 55.1-1231

Relocation of tenant where mold remediation needs to be performed in the dwelling unit

§ 55.1-1232

Use and occupancy by tenant

§ 55.1-1233

Tenant to surrender possession of dwelling unit

Article 4.
Tenant Remedies
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§ 55.1-1234

Noncompliance by landlord

§ 55.1-1234.1

Uninhabitable dwelling unit

§ 55.1-1235

Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel

§ 55.1-1236

Early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse, sexual abuse, or criminal sexual assault

§ 55.1-1237

Notice to tenant in event of foreclosure

§ 55.1-1238

Failure to deliver possession

§ 55.1-1239

Wrongful failure to supply an essential service

§ 55.1-1240

Fire or casualty damage

§ 55.1-1241

Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent

§ 55.1-1242

Rent escrow required for continuance of tenant's case

§ 55.1-1243

Repealed

§ 55.1-1243.1

Tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit, interruption of services, or actions taken to make premises unsafe

§ 55.1-1243.2

Tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit due to condemnation

§ 55.1-1244

Tenant's assertion; rent escrow

§ 55.1-1244.1

Tenant's remedy by repair

Article 5.
Landlord Remedies
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§ 55.1-1245

(Effective until the later of July 1, 2028 or seven years after the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency expires) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty

§ 55.1-1245

(Effective the later of July 1, 2028, or 7 years after the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency expires) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty

§ 55.1-1246

Barring guest or invitee of a tenant

§ 55.1-1247

Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service

§ 55.1-1248

Remedy by repair, etc.; emergencies

§ 55.1-1249

Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment

§ 55.1-1250

Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption

§ 55.1-1251

Remedy after termination