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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 47<\/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 2 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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 751<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85575,"section_number":"55.1-1250","catch_line":"Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1250\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246227,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64738,"identifier":"55.1-1309","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1309","url":"\/55.1-1309\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1309\/","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1309","dublin_core":{"Title":"Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1309","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless the landlord<\/span> accepts the rent<\/span> with reservation, and gives a written notice to the tenant<\/span> of such acceptance within five business days of receipt of the rent<\/span>, acceptance of periodic rent<\/span> payments with knowledge in fact<\/span> of a material<\/span> noncompliance by the tenant<\/span> shall constitute a waiver<\/span> of the landlord<\/span>’s right to terminate the rental agreement<\/span>. Except as provided in \u00a7 55.1-1250<\/a>, if the landlord<\/span> has given the tenant<\/span> written notice that the rent<\/span> payments have been accepted with reservation, the landlord<\/span> may accept full payment of all rent<\/span> payments and still be entitled to receive an order<\/span> of possession<\/span> terminating the rental agreement<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAIVER OF LANDLORD’S RIGHT TO TERMINATE (\u00a7 55.1-1309)\n\nUnless the landlord accepts the rent with reservation, and gives a written\nnotice to the tenant of such acceptance within five business days of receipt of\nthe rent, acceptance of periodic rent payments with knowledge in fact of a\nmaterial noncompliance by the tenant shall constitute a waiver of the\nlandlord’s right to terminate the rental agreement. Except as provided in\n\u00a7 55.1-1250, if the landlord has given the tenant written notice that the rent\npayments have been accepted with reservation, the landlord may accept full\npayment of all rent payments and still be entitled to receive an order of\npossession terminating the rental agreement.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 47, \u00a7 55-248.46:1; 2019, c. 712; 2020, c. 751.","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}}