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Chapter 12.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act General Provisions Definitions Applicability of chapter; local authority Application; deposit, fee, and additional information Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant Fee disclosure statement Prepaid rent; maintenance of escrow account Landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement Prohibited provisions in rental agreements Rental agreements; child care Confidentiality of tenant records

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

Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access

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

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

Transfer of deposits upon purchase Landlord Obligations Inspection of dwelling unit; report Disclosure of mold in dwelling units Disclosure of sale of premises

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

Required disclosures for properties with defective drywall; remedy for nondisclosure

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

Landlord to maintain fit premises Landlord to provide locks and peepholes Access of tenant to cable, satellite, and other television facilities Notice to tenants for insecticide or pesticide use Limitation of liability Tenancy at will; effect of notice of change of terms or provisions of tenancy Security deposits Tenant Obligations Tenant to maintain dwelling unit Rules and regulations Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems Access following entry of certain court orders Relocation of tenant where mold remediation needs to be performed in the dwelling unit Use and occupancy by tenant Tenant to surrender possession of dwelling unit Tenant Remedies Noncompliance by landlord Uninhabitable dwelling unit Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel

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

Notice to tenant in event of foreclosure Failure to deliver possession Wrongful failure to supply an essential service Fire or casualty damage Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent Rent escrow required for continuance of tenant's case

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

Tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit due to condemnation Tenant's assertion; rent escrow Tenant's remedy by repair Landlord Remedies

(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

(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

Barring guest or invitee of a tenant Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service Remedy by repair, etc.; emergencies Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption Remedy after termination Recovery of possession limited Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies Disposal of property abandoned by tenants

Authority of sheriffs to store and sell personal property removed from residential premises; recovery of possession by owner; disposition or sale