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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":246325,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62743,"identifier":"55.1-1414","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/4\/55.1-1414","url":"\/55.1-1414\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1414\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/4\/55.1-1414","dublin_core":{"Title":"Abandonment of nonresidential rental property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1414","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any tenant from whom rent is owing and unpaid abandons a nonresidential rental property and leaves such premises unoccupied, and if the tenant’s personal property that is subject to distress is not sufficient to satisfy the rent owed, the lessor or his agent may post a written notice on a conspicuous part of the premises requiring the tenant to pay the rent within 10 days from the date of such notice, in the case of a monthly tenant, or within one month from the date of such notice, in the case of a yearly tenant. If the owed rent is not paid within the time specified in the notice, the lessor shall be entitled to possession<\/span> of the premises and may enter the premises, and the right of such tenant to possess the premises shall terminate, but the landlord may recover the rent up to such termination.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nABANDONMENT OF NONRESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY (\u00a7 55.1-1414)\n\nIf any tenant from whom rent is owing and unpaid abandons a nonresidential\nrental property and leaves such premises unoccupied, and if the tenant’s\npersonal property that is subject to distress is not sufficient to satisfy the\nrent owed, the lessor or his agent may post a written notice on a conspicuous\npart of the premises requiring the tenant to pay the rent within 10 days from\nthe date of such notice, in the case of a monthly tenant, or within one month\nfrom the date of such notice, in the case of a yearly tenant. If the owed rent\nis not paid within the time specified in the notice, the lessor shall be\nentitled to possession of the premises and may enter the premises, and the right\nof such tenant to possess the premises shall terminate, but the landlord may\nrecover the rent up to such termination.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5518; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-224; 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}}