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A landlord may enter into a service agreement with a television service provider to provide marketing and other services to the television service provider designed to facilitate the television service provider’s delivery of its services. Under such a service agreement, the television service provider may compensate the landlord for the reasonable value of the services provided and for the reasonable value of the landlord’s property used by the television service provider.\n\t\t\t\tNo landlord shall demand or accept any such payment from any tenants in exchange for such services, unless the landlord is itself the provider of the service, nor shall any landlord discriminate in rental charges between tenants who receive any such service and those who do not. Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a landlord from requiring that the provider of such service and the tenant bear the entire cost of the installation, operation, or removal of the facilities incident to such installation, operation, or removal or prohibit a landlord from demanding or accepting reasonable indemnity or security for any damages caused by such installation, operation, or removal; or5\n\nAn exit fee for moving a manufactured home from a manufactured home park.B\n\nA guest or invitee of the tenant shall have free access to the tenant’s manufactured home site without charge or registration.C\n\nA manufactured home owner shall not be restricted in his choice of vendors from whom he may purchase his (i) manufactured home, except in connection with the initial leasing or renting of a newly constructed lot not previously leased or rented to any other person, or (ii) goods and services. 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A landlord may enter into a service agreement with a television service provider to provide marketing and other services to the television service provider designed to facilitate the television service provider’s delivery of its services. Under such a service agreement, the television service provider may compensate the landlord for the reasonable value of the services provided and for the reasonable value of the landlord’s property used by the television service provider.\n\t\t\t\tNo landlord shall demand or accept any such payment from any tenants in exchange for such services, unless the landlord is itself the provider of the service, nor shall any landlord discriminate in rental charges between tenants who receive any such service and those who do not. 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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 535 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 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 513; in 1989, chapter 87; in 1992, chapter 709; in 2008, chapter 329<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64757,"section_number":"55.1-1318","catch_line":"Penalties for violation of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1318\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":246207,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69600,"identifier":"55.1-1306","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1306","url":"\/55.1-1306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1306\/","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Demands and charges prohibited; access by tenant’s guest or invitee; purchases by manufactured home owner not restricted; exception; conditions of occupancy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A landlord<\/span> shall not demand or collect: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> An entrance fee for the privilege<\/span> of leasing or occupying a manufactured home lot<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A commission on the sale of a manufactured home located in the manufactured home park<\/span>, unless the tenant<\/span> expressly employs him to perform a service in connection with such sale, but no such employment of the landlord<\/span> by the tenant<\/span> shall be a condition or term of the initial sale or rental; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> A fee for improvements or installations on the interior of a manufactured home, unless the tenant<\/span> expressly employs him to perform a service in connection with such improvements or installations; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> A fee, charge, or other thing of value from any provider of cable television service, cable modem service, satellite master antenna television service, direct broadcast satellite television service, subscription television service, or service of any other television programming system in exchange for granting a television service provider mere access to the landlord<\/span>’s tenants<\/span> or giving the tenants<\/span> of such landlord<\/span> mere access to such service. A landlord<\/span> may enter into a service agreement with a television service provider to provide marketing and other services to the television service provider designed to facilitate the television service provider’s delivery of its services. Under such a service agreement, the television service provider may compensate the landlord<\/span> for the reasonable value of the services provided and for the reasonable value of the landlord<\/span>’s property used by the television service provider.\n\t\t\t\tNo landlord<\/span> shall demand or accept any such payment from any tenants<\/span> in exchange for such services, unless the landlord<\/span> is itself the provider of the service, nor shall any landlord<\/span> discriminate in rental charges between tenants<\/span> who receive any such service and those who do not. Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a landlord<\/span> from requiring that the provider of such service and the tenant<\/span> bear the entire cost of the installation, operation, or removal of the facilities incident to such installation, operation, or removal or prohibit a landlord<\/span> from demanding or accepting reasonable indemnity or security for any damages<\/span> caused by such installation, operation, or removal; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> An exit fee for moving a manufactured home from a manufactured home park<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A guest or invitee<\/span> of the tenant<\/span> shall have free access to the tenant<\/span>’s manufactured home site without charge or registration. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A manufactured home owner<\/span> shall not be restricted in his choice of vendors from whom he may purchase his (i) manufactured home, except in connection with the initial leasing or renting of a newly constructed lot not previously leased or rented to any other person, or (ii) goods and services. However, nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a landlord<\/span> from prescribing reasonable requirements governing, as a condition of occupancy, the style, size, or quality of the manufactured home or other structures placed on the manufactured home lot<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEMANDS AND CHARGES PROHIBITED; ACCESS BY TENANT’S GUEST OR INVITEE;\nPURCHASES BY MANUFACTURED HOME OWNER NOT RESTRICTED; EXCEPTION; CONDITIONS OF\nOCCUPANCY (\u00a7 55.1-1306)\n\nA. A landlord shall not demand or collect:\n\n 1. An entrance fee for the privilege of leasing or occupying a manufactured\n home lot;\n\n 2. A commission on the sale of a manufactured home located in the manufactured\n home park, unless the tenant expressly employs him to perform a service in\n connection with such sale, but no such employment of the landlord by the\n tenant shall be a condition or term of the initial sale or rental;\n\n 3. A fee for improvements or installations on the interior of a manufactured\n home, unless the tenant expressly employs him to perform a service in\n connection with such improvements or installations;\n\n 4. A fee, charge, or other thing of value from any provider of cable\n television service, cable modem service, satellite master antenna television\n service, direct broadcast satellite television service, subscription\n television service, or service of any other television programming system in\n exchange for granting a television service provider mere access to the\n landlord’s tenants or giving the tenants of such landlord mere access to\n such service. A landlord may enter into a service agreement with a television\n service provider to provide marketing and other services to the television\n service provider designed to facilitate the television service\n provider’s delivery of its services. Under such a service agreement, the\n television service provider may compensate the landlord for the reasonable\n value of the services provided and for the reasonable value of the\n landlord’s property used by the television service provider.\n \t\t\t\tNo landlord shall demand or accept any such payment from any tenants in\n exchange for such services, unless the landlord is itself the provider of the\n service, nor shall any landlord discriminate in rental charges between tenants\n who receive any such service and those who do not. Nothing in this subdivision\n shall prohibit a landlord from requiring that the provider of such service and\n the tenant bear the entire cost of the installation, operation, or removal of\n the facilities incident to such installation, operation, or removal or\n prohibit a landlord from demanding or accepting reasonable indemnity or\n security for any damages caused by such installation, operation, or removal;\n or\n\n 5. An exit fee for moving a manufactured home from a manufactured home park.\n\nB. A guest or invitee of the tenant shall have free access to the tenant’s\nmanufactured home site without charge or registration.\n\nC. A manufactured home owner shall not be restricted in his choice of vendors\nfrom whom he may purchase his (i) manufactured home, except in connection with\nthe initial leasing or renting of a newly constructed lot not previously leased\nor rented to any other person, or (ii) goods and services. However, nothing in\nthis chapter shall prohibit a landlord from prescribing reasonable requirements\ngoverning, as a condition of occupancy, the style, size, or quality of the\nmanufactured home or other structures placed on the manufactured home lot.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 535, \u00a7 55-248.45; 1987, c. 513; 1989, c. 87; 1992, c. 709;\n2008, c. 329; 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}}