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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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, chapters 11<\/a>, 49<\/a>, and 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":246435,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66034,"identifier":"55.1-1605","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1605","url":"\/55.1-1605\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1605\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1605","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of provision for reentry by lessor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a lease provides that “the lessor may reenter for default<\/span> of ____ days in the payment of rent, or for the breach of covenants,” it has the effect of an agreement that if the rent reserved, or any part of such rent, is unpaid for such number of days after the day on which it was due, or if any of the other covenants on the part of the lessee or his personal representative or assigns is broken, then, in either of such cases, the lessor, or those entitled in the lessor’s place, at any time afterwards may reenter into and upon the demised premises, or any part of such premises, in the name of the whole, and the same again have, repossess, and enjoy, as of his former estate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF PROVISION FOR REENTRY BY LESSOR (\u00a7 55.1-1605)\n\nIf a lease provides that “the lessor may reenter for default of ____ days\nin the payment of rent, or for the breach of covenants,” it has the effect\nof an agreement that if the rent reserved, or any part of such rent, is unpaid\nfor such number of days after the day on which it was due, or if any of the\nother covenants on the part of the lessee or his personal representative or\nassigns is broken, then, in either of such cases, the lessor, or those entitled\nin the lessor’s place, at any time afterwards may reenter into and upon\nthe demised premises, or any part of such premises, in the name of the whole,\nand the same again have, repossess, and enjoy, as of his former estate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5182; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-79; 2019, cc. 11, 49, 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}}