Virginia Statutes
In Virginia, landlord-tenant relationships are governed by the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (VRLTA), codified in Title 55.1, Chapter 12 of the Code of Virginia. This law covers rental agreements, landlord and tenant obligations, eviction procedures, and disclosure requirements. It also includes specific provisions for military members and victims of domestic violence. Each section is outlined and linked below.
- Va. Code § 55.1-1226(A) – Security deposits
- Va. Code § 55.1-1205 – Prepaid rent; maintenance of escrow account
- Va. Code § 8.01-27.1 – Additional recovery in certain civil actions concerning checks or rejected electronic funds transfers
- Va. Code § 55.1-1239 – Wrongful failure to supply an essential service
- Va. Code § 55.1-1410 – Notice to terminate a tenancy in nonresidential rental property; notice of change in use of multifamily residential building
- Va. Code § 55.1-1241 – Landlord’s noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent
- Va. Code § 55.1-1247 – Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service
- Va. Code § 55.1-1235 – Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel
- Va. Code § 55.1-1230 – Access following entry of certain court orders
- Va. Code § 55.1-1249 – Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment
- Va. Code § 55.1-1223 – Notice to tenants for insecticide or pesticide use
- Va. Code § 55.1-1236 – Early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse, sexual abuse, or criminal sexual assault
- Va. Code § 55.1-1258 – Retaliatory conduct prohibited
- Va. Code § 55.1-1244.1 – Tenant’s remedy by repair
- Va. Code § 55.1-1245 – Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty
- Va. Code § 55.1-1204 – Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant
- Va. Code § 55.1-1253 – Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies
- Va. Code § 55.1-1226 – Security deposits
- Va. Code § 55.1-1245 – Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty
- Va. Code § 55.1-1229 – Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems
- Va. Code § 55.1-1249 – Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment
- Va. Code § 55.1-1209 – Confidentiality of tenant records
- Va. Code § 55.1-1220 – Landlord to maintain fit premises
- Va. Code § 55.1-1227 – Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
- Va. Code § 55.1-1258 – Retaliatory conduct prohibited