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Such termination notice requirement shall not be waived; however, at the request of the tenant, a period of less than 180 days may be agreed upon by both the landlord and tenant in a written agreement separate from the rental agreement executed after such notice is given. The notice required by this section may be sent concurrently with the notice of intent to sell required by § 55.1-1308.2.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":243895,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, where a landlord and seller of a manufactured home have in common (i) one or more owners, (ii) immediate family members, or (iii) officers or directors, the rental agreement shall be renewed except for reasons that would justify a termination of the rental agreement or eviction by the landlord as authorized by this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":243896,"text":"A landlord may terminate a rental agreement of any length due to a change in the use of all or any part of a manufactured home park, including conversion to hotel, motel, or other commercial use, planned unit development, rehabilitation, or demolition, by delivering to each tenant, by certified mail, a 180-day written notice stating the date upon which the rental agreement will terminate and the reason for the termination. Such termination notice requirement shall not be waived; however, at the request of the tenant, a period of less than 180 days may be agreed upon by both the landlord and tenant in a written agreement separate from the rental agreement executed after such notice is given. 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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 7 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 1991, chapter 185; in 1992, chapter 709; in 2001, chapter 47<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 416<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 751<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 726<\/a> and 762<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65121,"section_number":"55.1-1308.1","catch_line":"Sale of manufactured home park to developer; relocation expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1308.1\/"},{"id":78082,"section_number":"55.1-1314","catch_line":"Retaliatory conduct prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1314\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66238,"section_number":"55.1-1308.2","catch_line":"Notice of intent to sell","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1308.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246215,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67306,"identifier":"55.1-1308","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1308","url":"\/55.1-1308\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1308\/","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1308","dublin_core":{"Title":"Termination of tenancy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1308","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, where a landlord<\/span> and seller of a manufactured home<\/span> have in common (i) one or more owners<\/span>, (ii) immediate family members, or (iii) officers or directors, the rental agreement<\/span> shall be renewed except for reasons that would justify a termination of the rental agreement<\/span> or eviction by the landlord<\/span> as authorized by this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A landlord<\/span> may terminate a rental agreement<\/span> of any length due to a change in the use of all or any part of a manufactured home park<\/span>, including conversion to hotel, motel, or other commercial use, planned unit development, rehabilitation, or demolition, by delivering to each tenant<\/span>, by certified mail, a 180-day written notice stating the date upon which the rental agreement<\/span> will terminate and the reason for the termination. Such termination notice requirement shall not be waived; however, at the request of the tenant<\/span>, a period of less than 180 days may be agreed upon by both the landlord<\/span> and tenant<\/span> in a written agreement separate from the rental agreement<\/span> executed after such notice is given. The notice required by this section may be sent concurrently with the notice of intent<\/span> to sell required by § 55.1-1308.2<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTERMINATION OF TENANCY (\u00a7 55.1-1308)\n\nA. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, where a landlord and seller\nof a manufactured home have in common (i) one or more owners, (ii) immediate\nfamily members, or (iii) officers or directors, the rental agreement shall be\nrenewed except for reasons that would justify a termination of the rental\nagreement or eviction by the landlord as authorized by this chapter.\n\nB. A landlord may terminate a rental agreement of any length due to a change in\nthe use of all or any part of a manufactured home park, including conversion to\nhotel, motel, or other commercial use, planned unit development, rehabilitation,\nor demolition, by delivering to each tenant, by certified mail, a 180-day\nwritten notice stating the date upon which the rental agreement will terminate\nand the reason for the termination. Such termination notice requirement shall\nnot be waived; however, at the request of the tenant, a period of less than 180\ndays may be agreed upon by both the landlord and tenant in a written agreement\nseparate from the rental agreement executed after such notice is given. The\nnotice required by this section may be sent concurrently with the notice of\nintent to sell required by § 55.1-1308.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 535, \u00a7 55-248.46; 1991, c. 185; 1992, c. 709; 2001, c. 47;\n2005, c. 416; 2019, c. 712; 2020, c. 751; 2024, cc. 726, 762.","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}}