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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 709 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 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>; in 2024, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0726\">726<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0762\">762<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82736,"section_number":"55.1-1228","catch_line":"Rules and regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1228\/"},{"id":85946,"section_number":"55.1-1311","catch_line":"Other provisions of law applicable","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1311\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246251,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60935,"identifier":"55.1-1315","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1315","url":"\/55.1-1315\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1315\/","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1315","dublin_core":{"Title":"Eviction of tenant","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1315","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In addition to the remedies provided by \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Rules and regulations\" href=\"\/55.1-1228\/\">55.1-1228<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Other provisions of law applicable\" href=\"\/55.1-1311\/\">55.1-1311<\/a>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">landlord<\/span> may evict a <span class=\"dictionary\">tenant<\/span> only for violation of the applicable building and housing code caused by a lack of reasonable care by the <span class=\"dictionary\">tenant<\/span>, a member of the <span class=\"dictionary\">tenant<\/span>&#8217;s household, or a <span class=\"dictionary\">guest or invitee<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">tenant<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEVICTION OF TENANT (\u00a7 55.1-1315)\n\nIn addition to the remedies provided by \u00a7\u00a7 55.1-1228 and 55.1-1311, a landlord\nmay evict a tenant only for violation of the applicable building and housing\ncode caused by a lack of reasonable care by the tenant, a member of the\ntenant&#8217;s household, or a guest or invitee of the tenant.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 709, \u00a7 55-248.50:1; 2019, c. 712; 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}}