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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 531<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2015, chapter 596<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 730<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62292,"identifier":"55.1-1205","token":"55.1\/III\/12\/1\/55.1-1205","url":"\/55.1-1205\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1205\/","token":"55.1\/III\/12\/1\/55.1-1205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prepaid rent; maintenance of escrow account","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A landlord<\/span> and a tenant<\/span> may agree in a rental agreement<\/span> that the tenant<\/span> pay prepaid rent<\/span>. If a landlord<\/span> receives prepaid rent<\/span>, it shall be placed in an escrow account in a federally insured depository authorized to do business in Virginia by the end of the fifth business day following receipt and shall remain in the account until such time as the prepaid rent<\/span> becomes due. Unless the landlord<\/span> has otherwise become entitled to receive any portion of the prepaid rent<\/span>, it shall not be removed from the escrow account required by this section without the written consent of the tenant<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPREPAID RENT; MAINTENANCE OF ESCROW ACCOUNT (\u00a7 55.1-1205)\n\nA landlord and a tenant may agree in a rental agreement that the tenant pay\nprepaid rent. If a landlord receives prepaid rent, it shall be placed in an\nescrow account in a federally insured depository authorized to do business in\nVirginia by the end of the fifth business day following receipt and shall remain\nin the account until such time as the prepaid rent becomes due. Unless the\nlandlord has otherwise become entitled to receive any portion of the prepaid\nrent, it shall not be removed from the escrow account required by this section\nwithout the written consent of the tenant.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 531, \u00a7 55-248.7:1; 2015, c. 596; 2017, c. 730; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}