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§ 55.1-1600 Form of a lease

A lease may be made in a form substantially similar to the following: “This lease, made the ____ day of ______, in the year ____, between (herein insert the names of parties), witnesseth: that the said ______ does (or do) demise unto the said ______, his personal representative and assigns, all (here describe the property) from the ____ day of ______, for the term of ______, thence ensuing, yielding therefor during the said term the rent of (here state the rent and mode of payment). Witness the following signature (or signatures).”

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapters 11, 49, and 712.

Code 1919, § 5165; Code 1950, § 55-57; 2019, cc. 11, 49, 712.

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