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If the parties agree to the amount for which the ground rent may be redeemed, such amount shall also be included in the agreement. 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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 363 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 1975 \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 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":246393,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72750,"identifier":"55.1-1501","token":"55.1\/III\/15\/55.1-1501","url":"\/55.1-1501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1501\/","token":"55.1\/III\/15\/55.1-1501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Form of instrument","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any agreement in which a residential ground rent<\/span> is created shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Be reduced to writing; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Be in recordable form; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Disclose the date, the names of the parties, the ground rent and any future adjustments to the ground rent, when such rent is payable, the duration of the agreement, and the value of the land<\/span> at the time the agreement is made. If the parties agree to the amount for which the ground rent may be redeemed, such amount shall also be included in the agreement. Such agreement shall be included as a part of the deed or other instrument of transfer. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORM OF INSTRUMENT (\u00a7 55.1-1501)\n\nAny agreement in which a residential ground rent is created shall:\n\n1. Be reduced to writing;\n\n2. Be in recordable form; and\n\n3. Disclose the date, the names of the parties, the ground rent and any future\nadjustments to the ground rent, when such rent is payable, the duration of the\nagreement, and the value of the land at the time the agreement is made. If the\nparties agree to the amount for which the ground rent may be redeemed, such\namount shall also be included in the agreement. Such agreement shall be included\nas a part of the deed or other instrument of transfer.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 363, \u00a7 55-79.02; 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}}