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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 680 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. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1987, chapter 313; in 2000, chapter 760<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85946,"section_number":"55.1-1311","catch_line":"Other provisions of law applicable","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1311\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245999,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84720,"identifier":"55.1-1224","token":"55.1\/III\/12\/2\/55.1-1224","url":"\/55.1-1224\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1224\/","token":"55.1\/III\/12\/2\/55.1-1224","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation of liability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1224","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord<\/span> who conveys premises<\/span> that include a dwelling unit<\/span> subject to a rental agreement<\/span> in a good faith<\/span> sale to a bona fide purchaser is relieved of liability under the rental agreement<\/span> and this chapter as to events occurring subsequent to notice to the tenant<\/span> of the conveyance. Unless otherwise agreed, a managing agent<\/span> of premises<\/span> that includes a dwelling unit<\/span> is relieved of liability under the rental agreement<\/span> and this chapter as to events occurring after written notice<\/span> to the tenant<\/span> of the termination of his management.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION OF LIABILITY (\u00a7 55.1-1224)\n\nUnless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys premises that include a dwelling\nunit subject to a rental agreement in a good faith sale to a bona fide purchaser\nis relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to\nevents occurring subsequent to notice to the tenant of the conveyance. Unless\notherwise agreed, a managing agent of premises that includes a dwelling unit is\nrelieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to events\noccurring after written notice to the tenant of the termination of his\nmanagement.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 680, \u00a7 55-248.14; 1987, c. 313; 2000, c. 760; 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}}