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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":[{"id":84870,"section_number":"55.1-320","catch_line":"How deed of trust construed; duties, rights, etc., of parties","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-320\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246401,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86748,"identifier":"55.1-1503","token":"55.1\/III\/15\/55.1-1503","url":"\/55.1-1503\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1503\/","token":"55.1\/III\/15\/55.1-1503","dublin_core":{"Title":"Encumbrance on real property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1503","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A residential ground rent<\/span> shall constitute a lien<\/span> against the real estate from the time it is recorded. Any deed of trust or mortgage may provide that a default<\/span> in payment of ground rent shall constitute a default<\/span> in such deed of trust or mortgage, that the trustee or beneficiary of the deed of trust or mortgage may satisfy such obligation for rent, and that the money used to satisfy such obligation, along with interest, shall be a part of the debt secured, to be repaid as provided in \u00a7 55.1-320<\/a> et seq.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENCUMBRANCE ON REAL PROPERTY (\u00a7 55.1-1503)\n\nA residential ground rent shall constitute a lien against the real estate from\nthe time it is recorded. Any deed of trust or mortgage may provide that a\ndefault in payment of ground rent shall constitute a default in such deed of\ntrust or mortgage, that the trustee or beneficiary of the deed of trust or\nmortgage may satisfy such obligation for rent, and that the money used to\nsatisfy such obligation, along with interest, shall be a part of the debt\nsecured, to be repaid as provided in \u00a7 55.1-320 et seq.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 363, \u00a7 55-79.04; 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}}