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Such tenant shall be responsible for paying the rental amount and for regular maintenance of the manufactured home lot during the period between the date of eviction and the sale of the manufactured home or the removal of the manufactured home from the manufactured home park. Such right to keep the manufactured home in the manufactured home park shall be conditioned upon the payment of all rent accrued prior to the date of judgment and prospective monthly rent as it becomes due. During such term, a secured party shall be liable for such charges as provided in § 55.1-1305. The manufactured home park owner shall have a lien on the manufactured home to the extent that such rental payments are not made. Any sale of the manufactured home shall be subject to the rights of any secured party having a security interest in the home, and the lien granted to the manufactured home park owner under this section shall be subject to any such security interest.B\n\nA tenant who has been evicted from a manufactured home park shall have 90 days from after the judgment has been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in which to rent the manufactured home to a subtenant, contingent on the subtenant making a rental application to the manufactured home park owner within such 90-day period and approval by the manufactured home park owner of such rental application from the subtenant. The tenant of the lot shall be responsible for paying the lot rent amount to the park owner and for regular maintenance of the manufactured home lot during the period between the date of eviction and any rental of the manufactured home to a subtenant. Such right to keep the manufactured home on the lot in the manufactured home park shall be conditioned upon the payment of all rent accrued prior to the date of judgment and prospective monthly rent as it becomes due. During such term, a secured party shall be liable for such charges as provided in § 55.1-1305.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":291996,"text":"A tenant who has been evicted from a manufactured home park shall have 90 days after judgment has been entered in which to sell the manufactured home or remove the manufactured home from the manufactured home park. Such tenant shall be responsible for paying the rental amount and for regular maintenance of the manufactured home lot during the period between the date of eviction and the sale of the manufactured home or the removal of the manufactured home from the manufactured home park. Such right to keep the manufactured home in the manufactured home park shall be conditioned upon the payment of all rent accrued prior to the date of judgment and prospective monthly rent as it becomes due. During such term, a secured party shall be liable for such charges as provided in § 55.1-1305. The manufactured home park owner shall have a lien on the manufactured home to the extent that such rental payments are not made. Any sale of the manufactured home shall be subject to the rights of any secured party having a security interest in the home, and the lien granted to the manufactured home park owner under this section shall be subject to any such security interest.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":291997,"text":"A tenant who has been evicted from a manufactured home park shall have 90 days from after the judgment has been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in which to rent the manufactured home to a subtenant, contingent on the subtenant making a rental application to the manufactured home park owner within such 90-day period and approval by the manufactured home park owner of such rental application from the subtenant. The tenant of the lot shall be responsible for paying the lot rent amount to the park owner and for regular maintenance of the manufactured home lot during the period between the date of eviction and any rental of the manufactured home to a subtenant. Such right to keep the manufactured home on the lot in the manufactured home park shall be conditioned upon the payment of all rent accrued prior to the date of judgment and prospective monthly rent as it becomes due. 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This law was first created in 1992. 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 712<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 751<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62108,"section_number":"55.1-1305","catch_line":"Rent; liability of secured party taking possession of an abandoned manufactured home","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1305\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62108,"section_number":"55.1-1305","catch_line":"Rent; liability of secured party taking possession of an abandoned manufactured home","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1305\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246255,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81509,"identifier":"55.1-1316","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1316","url":"\/55.1-1316\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1316\/","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1316","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right to sell or rent manufactured home upon eviction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1316","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A tenant<\/span> who has been evicted from a manufactured home park<\/span> shall have 90 days after judgment<\/span> has been entered in which to sell the manufactured home or remove the manufactured home from the manufactured home park<\/span>. Such tenant<\/span> shall be responsible for paying the rental amount and for regular maintenance of the manufactured home lot<\/span> during the period between the date of eviction and the sale of the manufactured home or the removal of the manufactured home from the manufactured home park<\/span>. Such right to keep the manufactured home in the manufactured home park<\/span> shall be conditioned upon the payment of all rent<\/span> accrued prior to the date of judgment<\/span> and prospective monthly rent<\/span> as it becomes due. During such term, a secured party<\/span> shall be liable for such charges as provided in § 55.1-1305<\/a>. The manufactured home park<\/span> owner<\/span> shall have a lien<\/span> on the manufactured home to the extent that such rental payments are not made. Any sale of the manufactured home shall be subject to the rights of any secured party<\/span> having a security interest<\/span> in the home, and the lien<\/span> granted to the manufactured home park<\/span> owner<\/span> under this section shall be subject to any such security interest<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A tenant<\/span> who has been evicted from a manufactured home park<\/span> shall have 90 days from after the judgment<\/span> has been entered by a court<\/span> of competent jurisdiction<\/span> in which to rent<\/span> the manufactured home to a subtenant, contingent on the subtenant making a rental application to the manufactured home park<\/span> owner<\/span> within such 90-day period and approval by the manufactured home park<\/span> owner<\/span> of such rental application from the subtenant. The tenant<\/span> of the lot shall be responsible for paying the lot rent<\/span> amount to the park owner and for regular maintenance of the manufactured home lot<\/span> during the period between the date of eviction and any rental of the manufactured home to a subtenant. Such right to keep the manufactured home on the lot in the manufactured home park<\/span> shall be conditioned upon the payment of all rent<\/span> accrued prior to the date of judgment<\/span> and prospective monthly rent<\/span> as it becomes due. During such term, a secured party<\/span> shall be liable for such charges as provided in § 55.1-1305<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT TO SELL OR RENT MANUFACTURED HOME UPON EVICTION (\u00a7 55.1-1316)\n\nA. A tenant who has been evicted from a manufactured home park shall have 90\ndays after judgment has been entered in which to sell the manufactured home or\nremove the manufactured home from the manufactured home park. Such tenant shall\nbe responsible for paying the rental amount and for regular maintenance of the\nmanufactured home lot during the period between the date of eviction and the\nsale of the manufactured home or the removal of the manufactured home from the\nmanufactured home park. Such right to keep the manufactured home in the\nmanufactured home park shall be conditioned upon the payment of all rent accrued\nprior to the date of judgment and prospective monthly rent as it becomes due.\nDuring such term, a secured party shall be liable for such charges as provided\nin § 55.1-1305. The manufactured home park owner shall have a lien on the\nmanufactured home to the extent that such rental payments are not made. Any sale\nof the manufactured home shall be subject to the rights of any secured party\nhaving a security interest in the home, and the lien granted to the manufactured\nhome park owner under this section shall be subject to any such security\ninterest.\n\nB. A tenant who has been evicted from a manufactured home park shall have 90\ndays from after the judgment has been entered by a court of competent\njurisdiction in which to rent the manufactured home to a subtenant, contingent\non the subtenant making a rental application to the manufactured home park owner\nwithin such 90-day period and approval by the manufactured home park owner of\nsuch rental application from the subtenant. The tenant of the lot shall be\nresponsible for paying the lot rent amount to the park owner and for regular\nmaintenance of the manufactured home lot during the period between the date of\neviction and any rental of the manufactured home to a subtenant. Such right to\nkeep the manufactured home on the lot in the manufactured home park shall be\nconditioned upon the payment of all rent accrued prior to the date of judgment\nand prospective monthly rent as it becomes due. During such term, a secured\nparty shall be liable for such charges as provided in § 55.1-1305.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 709, \u00a7 55-248.50:2; 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}}