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An association may, however, prohibit the placement of signs in the common area and establish reasonable rules and regulations that regulate (a) the number of real estate signs to be located on real property upon which the owner has a separate ownership interest or a right of exclusive possession, so long as at least one real estate sign is permitted; (b) the geographical location of real estate signs on real property in which the owner has a separate ownership interest or a right of exclusive possession, so long as the location of the real estate signs complies with the requirements of the Real Estate Board; (c) the manner in which real estate signs are affixed to real property; and (d) the period of time after settlement when the real estate signs on such real property shall be removed.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":289418,"text":"Except as expressly authorized in this chapter or in the declaration or as otherwise provided by law, no association shall require the use of any for sale sign that is (i) an association sign or (ii) a real estate sign that does not comply with the requirements of the Real Estate Board. An association may, however, prohibit the placement of signs in the common area and establish reasonable rules and regulations that regulate (a) the number of real estate signs to be located on real property upon which the owner has a separate ownership interest or a right of exclusive possession, so long as at least one real estate sign is permitted; (b) the geographical location of real estate signs on real property in which the owner has a separate ownership interest or a right of exclusive possession, so long as the location of the real estate signs complies with the requirements of the Real Estate Board; (c) the manner in which real estate signs are affixed to real property; and (d) the period of time after settlement when the real estate signs on such real property shall be removed.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14602,"edition_id":1,"name":"Operation and Management of Association","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13840,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:50","permalink":{"id":246517,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14602,"identifier":"3","token":"55.1\/IV\/18\/3","url":"\/55.1\/IV\/18\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13840,"edition_id":1,"name":"Property Owners' Association Act","identifier":"18","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12914,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:02","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:02","permalink":{"id":246475,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13840,"identifier":"18","token":"55.1\/IV\/18","url":"\/55.1\/IV\/18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12914,"edition_id":1,"name":"Common Interest Communities","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12707,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:01","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:01","permalink":{"id":246473,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12914,"identifier":"IV","token":"55.1\/IV","url":"\/55.1\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12707,"edition_id":1,"name":"Property and Conveyances","identifier":"55.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":244769,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12707,"identifier":"55.1","token":"55.1","url":"\/55.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":82116,"structure_id":14602,"section_number":"55.1-1815","catch_line":"Access to association records; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0851\">851<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0871\">871<\/a> 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. It has been modified 7 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 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0165\">165<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0216\">216<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0471\">471<\/a>; in 2017, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0387\">387<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0405\">405<\/a>; in 2018, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0226\">226<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>; in 2023, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0387\">387<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0388\">388<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":246555,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80736,"identifier":"55.1-1822","token":"55.1\/IV\/18\/3\/55.1-1822","url":"\/55.1-1822\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1822\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/18\/3\/55.1-1822","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of for sale signs in connection with sale","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1822","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Except as expressly authorized in this chapter or in the <span class=\"dictionary\">declaration<\/span> or as otherwise provided by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, no <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span> shall require the use of any for sale sign that is (i) an <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span> sign or (ii) a real estate sign that does not comply with the requirements of the Real Estate Board. 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An association may,\nhowever, prohibit the placement of signs in the common area and establish\nreasonable rules and regulations that regulate (a) the number of real estate\nsigns to be located on real property upon which the owner has a separate\nownership interest or a right of exclusive possession, so long as at least one\nreal estate sign is permitted; (b) the geographical location of real estate\nsigns on real property in which the owner has a separate ownership interest or a\nright of exclusive possession, so long as the location of the real estate signs\ncomplies with the requirements of the Real Estate Board; (c) the manner in which\nreal estate signs are affixed to real property; and (d) the period of time after\nsettlement when the real estate signs on such real property shall be removed.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, cc. 851, 871, \u00a7 55-509.4; 2010, c. 165; 2014, c. 216; 2016, c.\n471; 2017, cc. 387, 405; 2018, c. 226; 2019, c. 712; 2023, cc. 387, 388.","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}}