Virginia Residential Landlord And Tenant Act
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited provisions, fees for maintenance. [HB-993]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited fees. Prohibits landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from requiring a tenant to (i) pay any fee for the maintenance or repair of any unit subject to such rental agreement unless necessitated by the tenant's violation of a requirement of the Act or (ii) pay any fee to submit periodic rent payments or other amounts due, unless the landlord offers an alternative method of payment that does not include additional fees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; routine maintenance, notice to tenant. [HB-701]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; routine maintenance; notice to tenant. Requires landlords to include in the tenant's notice of routine maintenance the last date on which such maintenance may possibly be performed. The bill also requires landlords to perform routine maintenance within 14 days of delivering such notice to the tenant. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; routine maintenance; notice to tenant. Requires landlords to include in the tenant's notice of routine maintenance the last date on which such maintenance may
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Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0046) on 03/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. [HB-598]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement. Increases from five days to 14 days the mandatory waiting period after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement. Increases from five
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. [HB-597]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a rental dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not promptly corrected, constitutes a fire hazard or serious threat to the life, health, or safety of tenants or occupants of the premises, a locality may institute an action for injunction and damages to enforce the landlord's duty to maintain the rental dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
VA Residential Landlord &Tenant Act; fire/casualty damage, landlord requirements for termination. [HB-588]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage; termination by landlord. Requires a landlord, prior to giving a tenant 21 days' notice of his intention to terminate the rental agreement for a dwelling unit that has been damaged or destroyed by fire or casualty, to (i) make a reasonable effort to meet with the tenant to discuss reasonable alternatives and to offer the tenant a substantially similar unit, if one is available, or (ii) determine that the damage was caused by the tenant's failure to maintain the dwelling unit in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nadarius Clark
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; early termination for military personnel, stop certain order. [SB-213]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; early termination for military personnel; stop movement order; emergency. Allows certain military personnel to terminate a rental agreement upon receipt of a stop movement order issued in response to a local, national, or global emergency that is effective for either an indefinite period or for a period of not less than 30 days and that prevents the service member from occupying the leased dwelling unit for a residential purpose. The bill also allows such military personnel to terminate a rental agreement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Russet Perry
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0154) on 03/26/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. [HB-442]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan. Requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, before terminating a rental agreement due to nonpayment of rent if the exact amount of rent owed is less than or equal to one month's rent plus any late charges contracted for in the rental agreement and as provided by law, to serve upon such tenant a written notice informing the tenant of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; early termination for military personnel, stop certain order. [HB-352]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; early termination for military personnel; stop movement order; emergency. Allows certain military personnel to terminate a rental agreement upon receipt of a stop movement order issued in response to a local, national, or global emergency that is effective for either an indefinite period or for a period of not less than 30 days and that prevents the service member from occupying the leased dwelling unit for a residential purpose. The bill also allows such military personnel to terminate a rental agreement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Convirs-Fowler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0028) on 03/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance by certain landlords, tenant remedies. [HB-247]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance by certain landlords; tenant remedies. Allows a tenant to bring a civil cause of action for compensatory damages against a housing authority when there is a material noncompliance by such housing authority with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with any provision of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act that materially affects the health and safety of the tenant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Glass
Committee Substitute Printed To Lis Only 24106092d-h1 on 01/26/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance with rental agreement, grace period. [HB-196]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance with rental agreement; grace period prior to termination. Provides that if a landlord owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth, and a tenant named on the rental agreement is 65 years of age or older, the landlord may only terminate the rental agreement and proceed to obtain possession of the premises under the Virginia Residential Landlord and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle Lopes-Maldonado
Incorporated By General Laws on 02/06/2024
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; termination of multiple month-to-month tenancies. [HB-2441]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; termination of multiple month-to-month tenancies by landlord. Requires any owner of multifamily premises that fails to renew the greater of either 20 or more month-to-month tenancies or 50 percent of the month-to-month tenancies within a consecutive 30-day period in the same multifamily premises to serve written notice on each such tenant at least 60 days prior to allowing such tenancy to expire. The bill exempts a landlord from the 60 days' notice requirement where a tenant has failed to pay rent in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0679) on 03/27/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; applicability, persons residing in hotels, motels, etc. [SB-1469]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; applicability; persons residing in hotels, motels, etc. Provides that if a person resides in a hotel, motel, extended stay facility, vacation residential facility, boardinghouse, or similar transient lodging as his permanent residence, such lodging shall not be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Under current law, such lodging is subject to the Act if a person has resided there or is subject to a written lease for more than 90 days.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lionell Spruill
Left In General Laws And Technology on 02/08/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. [SB-1330]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement. Increases from five days to 14 days the mandatory waiting period after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Left In General Laws on 02/22/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; application limitations. [SB-1340]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; application limitations. Prohibits a landlord from performing background, credit, or other pre-occupancy checks on an applicant without first (i) establishing a written rental application policy that includes a disclosure of the amount of all nonrefundable application fees and deposits and (ii) providing the applicant either (a) a copy of the landlord's written application policy or (b) an electronic communication stating where the landlord's written application policy may be accessed and providing a
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Left In General Laws on 02/22/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's assertion, condemnation of leased premises. [HB-2058]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's assertion; condemnation of leased premises; remedies. Provides a rebuttable presumption of a landlord's material noncompliance with the rental agreement if the leased premises was condemned by an appropriate state or local agency due to the landlord's or his agent's refusal or failure to remedy a condition for which he was served a condemnation notice, unless such condition was caused by an act of God. The bill requires a court, when such rebuttable presumption is established, to award the tenant
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In General Laws on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement. [HB-2135]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement; victims of sexual abuse or criminal sexual assault. Provides that a tenant who is a victim of sexual abuse or other criminal sexual assault may terminate such tenant's obligations under a rental agreement if the tenant (i) has obtained a protective order and has given proper written notice of termination during the period of the protective order or any extension thereof or (ii) as evidence of such abuse or criminal sexual assault, has obtained (a) records or files
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Left In General Laws on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; employees of the landlord, rental dwelling unit keys. [HB-2082]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; employees of the landlord; rental dwelling unit keys and electronic key codes. Requires a landlord who owns more than 200 rental dwelling units that are attached to the same piece of real property to require any applicant for employment in any position that will have access to keys, defined in the bill, to each rental dwelling unit to be subject to a pre-employment criminal history records check. The bill also provides that a landlord must establish written policies and procedures for the (i) storage,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0432) on 03/23/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement. [HB-2075]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement; warranty of habitability. Prohibits a landlord from waiving, either orally or in writing, his duty to maintain a fit premises and requires a landlord to include in every rental agreement the terms and conditions governing such duty.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In General Laws on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rent increase during tenancy. [HB-2022]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rent increase during tenancy; conditions. Provides that a rental agreement shall not contain provisions that the tenant agrees to pay any increase in rent during the term of a written lease unless such increase is agreed to in a separate, written document signed by the tenant and the landlord that includes (i) the new amount of rent to be charged to the tenant, (ii) the date upon which the rent increase becomes effective, and (iii) any additional terms or benefits to the tenant agreed to as consideration
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In General Laws on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; rent increase during tenancy does not apply after 1st yr. [SB-1138]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rent increase during tenancy; conditions. Provides that, except for any increase in rent that occurs after the first year of a lease with a term longer than one year, a rental agreement shall not contain provisions that the tenant agrees to pay any increase in rent during the term of a written lease unless such increase is agreed to in a separate, written document signed by the tenant and the landlord that includes (i) the new amount of rent to be charged to the tenant, (ii) the date upon which the rent
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Left In General Laws on 02/22/2023