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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 586 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62407,"section_number":"55.1-1303","catch_line":"Landlord's obligations","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1303\/"},{"id":69600,"section_number":"55.1-1306","catch_line":"Demands and charges prohibited; access by tenant's guest or invitee; purchases by manufactured home owner not restricted; exception; conditions of occupancy","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1306\/"},{"id":71140,"section_number":"55.1-1310","catch_line":"Sale or lease of manufactured home by manufactured home owner","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1310\/"},{"id":78082,"section_number":"55.1-1314","catch_line":"Retaliatory conduct prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1314\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246263,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64757,"identifier":"55.1-1318","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1318","url":"\/55.1-1318\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1318\/","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1318","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties for violation of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1318","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If the <span class=\"dictionary\">landlord<\/span> acts in willful violation of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Landlord&#039;s obligations\" href=\"\/55.1-1303\/\">55.1-1303<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Demands and charges prohibited; access by tenant&#039;s guest or invitee; purchases by manufactured home owner not restricted; exception; conditions of occupancy\" href=\"\/55.1-1306\/\">55.1-1306<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Sale or lease of manufactured home by manufactured home owner\" href=\"\/55.1-1310\/\">55.1-1310<\/a>, or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Retaliatory conduct prohibited\" href=\"\/55.1-1314\/\">55.1-1314<\/a> or if the <span class=\"dictionary\">landlord<\/span> fails to provide a written, dated <span class=\"dictionary\">rental agreement<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">tenant<\/span> is entitled to recover from the <span class=\"dictionary\">landlord<\/span> an amount equal to the greater of either the <span class=\"dictionary\">tenant<\/span>&#8217;s monthly rental payment at the time of the violation or actual <span class=\"dictionary\">damages<\/span> and reasonable attorney fees.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 55.1-1318)\n\nIf the landlord acts in willful violation of \u00a7 55.1-1303, 55.1-1306, 55.1-1310,\nor 55.1-1314 or if the landlord fails to provide a written, dated rental\nagreement, the tenant is entitled to recover from the landlord an amount equal\nto the greater of either the tenant&#8217;s monthly rental payment at the time\nof the violation or actual damages and reasonable attorney fees.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 586, \u00a7 55-248.51; 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}}