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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
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Section
55.1-1200
Definitions
Section
55.1-1201
Applicability of chapter; local authority
Section
55.1-1202
Notice
Section
55.1-1203
Application; deposit, fee, and additional information
Section
55.1-1204
Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant
Section
55.1-1205
Prepaid rent; maintenance of escrow account
Section
55.1-1206
Landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant
Section
55.1-1207
Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement
Section
55.1-1208
Prohibited provisions in rental agreements
Section
55.1-1209
Confidentiality of tenant records
Section
55.1-1210
Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access
Section
55.1-1211
Appointment of resident agent by nonresident property owner; service of process, etc., on such agent or on Secretary of the Commonwealth
Section
55.1-1212
Energy submetering, energy allocation equipment, sewer and water submetering equipment, and ratio utility billing systems; local government fees
Section
55.1-1213
Transfer of deposits upon purchase
Section
55.1-1214
Inspection of dwelling unit; report
Section
55.1-1215
Disclosure of mold in dwelling units
Section
55.1-1216
Disclosure of sale of premises
Section
55.1-1217
Required disclosures for properties located adjacent to a military air installation; remedy for nondisclosure
Section
55.1-1218
Required disclosures for properties with defective drywall; remedy for nondisclosure
Section
55.1-1219
Required disclosures for property previously used to manufacture methamphetamine; remedy for nondisclosure
Section
55.1-1220
Landlord to maintain fit premises
Section
55.1-1221
Landlord to provide locks and peepholes
Section
55.1-1222
Access of tenant to cable, satellite, and other television facilities
Section
55.1-1223
Notice to tenants for insecticide or pesticide use
Section
55.1-1224
Limitation of liability
Section
55.1-1225
Tenancy at will; effect of notice of change of terms or provisions of tenancy
Section
55.1-1226
Security deposits
Section
55.1-1227
Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
Section
55.1-1228
Rules and regulations
Section
55.1-1229
Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems
Section
55.1-1230
Access following entry of certain court orders
Section
55.1-1231
Relocation of tenant where mold remediation needs to be performed in the dwelling unit
Section
55.1-1232
Use and occupancy by tenant
Section
55.1-1233
Tenant to surrender possession of dwelling unit
Section
55.1-1234
Noncompliance by landlord
Section
55.1-1235
Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel
Section
55.1-1236
Early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse, sexual abuse, or criminal sexual assault
Section
55.1-1237
Notice to tenant in event of foreclosure
Section
55.1-1238
Failure to deliver possession
Section
55.1-1239
Wrongful failure to supply an essential service
Section
55.1-1240
Fire or casualty damage
Section
55.1-1241
Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent
Section
55.1-1242
Rent escrow required for continuance of tenant's case
Section
55.1-1243
Repealed
Section
55.1-1243.1
Tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit, interruption of services, or actions taken to make premises unsafe
Section
55.1-1244
Tenant's assertion; rent escrow
Section
55.1-1244.1
Tenant's remedy by repair
Section
55.1-1245
(Effective until July 1, 2022) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty
Section
55.1-1245
(Effective from July 1, 2022, 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
Section
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
Section
55.1-1246
Barring guest or invitee of a tenant
Section
55.1-1247
Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service
Section
55.1-1248
Remedy by repair, etc.; emergencies
Section
55.1-1249
Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment
Section
55.1-1250
Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption
Section
55.1-1251
Remedy after termination
Section
55.1-1252
Recovery of possession limited
Section
55.1-1253
Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies
Section
55.1-1254
Disposal of property abandoned by tenants
Section
55.1-1255
Authority of sheriffs to store and sell personal property removed from residential premises; recovery of possession by owner; disposition or sale
Section
55.1-1256
Disposal of property of deceased tenants
Section
55.1-1257
Who may recover rent or possession
Section
55.1-1258
Retaliatory conduct prohibited
Section
55.1-1259
Actions to enforce chapter
Section
55.1-1260
(Expires July 1, 2023) Establishment of Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; purpose; goals
Section
55.1-1261
(Expires July 1, 2023) Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; administration
Section
55.1-1262
(Expires July 1, 2023) Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; process; court-ordered payment plan