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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 2017, chapter 730<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":246321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66846,"identifier":"55.1-1413","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/4\/55.1-1413","url":"\/55.1-1413\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1413\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/4\/55.1-1413","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of failure of tenant in nonresidential rental property to vacate premises at expiration of term","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1413","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A tenant from year-to-year, month-to-month, or other definite term in a nonresidential rental property shall not, by his mere failure to vacate the premises upon the expiration of the lease, be held as tenant for another term when such failure is not due to his willfulness, negligence<\/span>, or other avoidable cause, but such tenant shall be liable to the lessor for use and occupation of the premises and also for any loss or damage sustained by the lessor because of such failure to surrender possession<\/span> at the time stipulated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF FAILURE OF TENANT IN NONRESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY TO VACATE PREMISES\nAT EXPIRATION OF TERM (\u00a7 55.1-1413)\n\nA tenant from year-to-year, month-to-month, or other definite term in a\nnonresidential rental property shall not, by his mere failure to vacate the\npremises upon the expiration of the lease, be held as tenant for another term\nwhen such failure is not due to his willfulness, negligence, or other avoidable\ncause, but such tenant shall be liable to the lessor for use and occupation of\nthe premises and also for any loss or damage sustained by the lessor because of\nsuch failure to surrender possession at the time stipulated.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5517; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-223; 2017, c. 730; 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}}