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But simultaneously with the recording of such plats and plans, the declarant shall execute and record an amendment to the declaration reallocating undivided interests in the common elements so that the units depicted on such plats and plans shall be allocated undivided interests in the common elements on the same basis as the units depicted on the plats and plans recorded simultaneously with the declaration pursuant to subsections A and B of § 55.1-1920.C\n\nIf all of a convertible space is converted into common elements, including limited common elements, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to such space shall then appertain to the remaining units, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common elements. The principal officer of the unit owners’ association, or such other officer as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced by such conversion.D\n\nIn the case of a leasehold condominium, if the expiration or termination of any lease causes a contraction of the condominium that reduces the number of units, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to any units withdrawn from the condominium shall then appertain to the remaining units, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common elements. The principal officer of the unit owners’ association, or such other officer as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced by such contraction.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":266555,"text":"If a condominium contains any convertible land or is an expandable condominium, then the declaration shall not allocate undivided interests in the common elements on the basis of par value unless the declaration:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":266556,"text":"Prohibits the creation of any units not substantially identical to the units depicted on the plats and plans recorded pursuant to subsections A and B of § 55.1-1920; or","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":266557,"text":"Prohibits the creation of any units not described pursuant to subdivision B 6 of § 55.1-1916, in the case of convertible lands, and subdivision C 12 of § 55.1-1916, in the case of additional land, and contains from the outset a statement of the par value that shall be assigned to every such unit that may be created.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"B"},"3":{"id":266558,"text":"Interests in the common elements shall not be allocated to any units to be created within any convertible land or within any additional land until plats and plans depicting the same are recorded pursuant to subsection C of § 55.1-1920. But simultaneously with the recording of such plats and plans, the declarant shall execute and record an amendment to the declaration reallocating undivided interests in the common elements so that the units depicted on such plats and plans shall be allocated undivided interests in the common elements on the same basis as the units depicted on the plats and plans recorded simultaneously with the declaration pursuant to subsections A and B of § 55.1-1920.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"C"},"4":{"id":266559,"text":"If all of a convertible space is converted into common elements, including limited common elements, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to such space shall then appertain to the remaining units, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common elements. The principal officer of the unit owners’ association, or such other officer as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced by such conversion.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"5":{"id":266560,"text":"In the case of a leasehold condominium, if the expiration or termination of any lease causes a contraction of the condominium that reduces the number of units, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to any units withdrawn from the condominium shall then appertain to the remaining units, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common elements. The principal officer of the unit owners’ association, or such other officer as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced by such contraction.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13019,"edition_id":1,"name":"Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13018,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","permalink":{"id":246655,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13019,"identifier":"2","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2","url":"\/55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13018,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Condominium Act","identifier":"19","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12914,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","permalink":{"id":246623,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13018,"identifier":"19","token":"55.1\/IV\/19","url":"\/55.1\/IV\/19\/","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":66133,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1907","catch_line":"How condominium may be created","url":"\/55.1-1907\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1907","metadata":false},{"id":60125,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1908","catch_line":"Release of liens","url":"\/55.1-1908\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1908","metadata":false},{"id":81423,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1909","catch_line":"Description of condominium units","url":"\/55.1-1909\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1909","metadata":false},{"id":85700,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1910","catch_line":"Execution of condominium instruments","url":"\/55.1-1910\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1910","metadata":false},{"id":67143,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1911","catch_line":"Recordation of condominium instruments","url":"\/55.1-1911\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1911","metadata":false},{"id":70994,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1912","catch_line":"Construction of condominium instruments","url":"\/55.1-1912\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1912","metadata":false},{"id":66094,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1913","catch_line":"Complementarity of condominium instruments; 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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 416 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 1974 \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":[{"id":55215,"section_number":"55.1-1900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1900\/"},{"id":70504,"section_number":"55.1-1922","catch_line":"Preliminary recordation of plats and plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1922\/"},{"id":55789,"section_number":"55.1-1924","catch_line":"Conversion of convertible lands","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1924\/"},{"id":73518,"section_number":"55.1-1926","catch_line":"Expansion of condominium","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1926\/"},{"id":75299,"section_number":"55.1-1940","catch_line":"Bylaws to be recorded with declaration; contents; unit owners' association; executive board; amendment of bylaws","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1940\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76179,"section_number":"55.1-1916","catch_line":"Contents of declaration","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1916\/"},{"id":74270,"section_number":"55.1-1920","catch_line":"Contents of plats and plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1920\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246701,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74121,"identifier":"55.1-1918","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1918","url":"\/55.1-1918\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1918\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1918","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reallocation of interests in common elements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1918","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> If a condominium contains any convertible land<\/span> or is an expandable condominium<\/span>, then the declaration shall not allocate undivided interests in the common elements<\/span> on the basis of par value<\/span> unless the declaration: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Prohibits the creation of any units<\/span> not substantially identical to the units<\/span> depicted on the plats and plans recorded pursuant to subsections A and B of § 55.1-1920<\/a>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Prohibits the creation of any units<\/span> not described pursuant to subdivision B 6 of § 55.1-1916<\/a>, in the case of convertible lands<\/span>, and subdivision C 12 of § 55.1-1916<\/a>, in the case of additional land, and contains from the outset a statement of the par value<\/span> that shall be assigned to every such unit<\/span> that may be created. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Interests in the common elements<\/span> shall not be allocated to any units<\/span> to be created within any convertible land<\/span> or within any additional land until plats and plans depicting the same are recorded pursuant to subsection C of § 55.1-1920<\/a>. But simultaneously with the recording of such plats and plans, the declarant<\/span> shall execute and record an amendment to the declaration reallocating undivided interests in the common elements<\/span> so that the units<\/span> depicted on such plats and plans shall be allocated undivided interests in the common elements<\/span> on the same basis as the units<\/span> depicted on the plats and plans recorded simultaneously with the declaration pursuant to subsections A and B of § 55.1-1920<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If all of a convertible space<\/span> is converted into common elements, including limited common elements<\/span>, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to such space shall then appertain to the remaining units<\/span>, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common elements. The principal officer<\/span> of the unit owners<\/span>’ association, or such other officer<\/span> as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced by such conversion. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> In the case of a leasehold condominium<\/span>, if the expiration or termination of any lease causes a contraction of the condominium that reduces the number of units<\/span>, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to any units<\/span> withdrawn from the condominium shall then appertain to the remaining units<\/span>, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common elements. The principal officer<\/span> of the unit owners<\/span>’ association, or such other officer<\/span> as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced by such contraction. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREALLOCATION OF INTERESTS IN COMMON ELEMENTS (\u00a7 55.1-1918)\n\nA. If a condominium contains any convertible land or is an expandable\ncondominium, then the declaration shall not allocate undivided interests in the\ncommon elements on the basis of par value unless the declaration:\n\n 1. Prohibits the creation of any units not substantially identical to the\n units depicted on the plats and plans recorded pursuant to subsections A and B\n of § 55.1-1920; or\n\n 2. Prohibits the creation of any units not described pursuant to subdivision B\n 6 of § 55.1-1916, in the case of convertible lands, and subdivision C 12\n of § 55.1-1916, in the case of additional land, and contains from the\n outset a statement of the par value that shall be assigned to every such unit\n that may be created.\n\nB. Interests in the common elements shall not be allocated to any units to be\ncreated within any convertible land or within any additional land until plats\nand plans depicting the same are recorded pursuant to subsection C of §\n55.1-1920. But simultaneously with the recording of such plats and plans, the\ndeclarant shall execute and record an amendment to the declaration reallocating\nundivided interests in the common elements so that the units depicted on such\nplats and plans shall be allocated undivided interests in the common elements on\nthe same basis as the units depicted on the plats and plans recorded\nsimultaneously with the declaration pursuant to subsections A and B of §\n55.1-1920.\n\nC. If all of a convertible space is converted into common elements, including\nlimited common elements, then the undivided interest in the common elements\nappertaining to such space shall then appertain to the remaining units, being\nallocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common\nelements. The principal officer of the unit owners’ association, or such\nother officer as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith\nprepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the\nreallocation of undivided interests produced by such conversion.\n\nD. In the case of a leasehold condominium, if the expiration or termination of\nany lease causes a contraction of the condominium that reduces the number of\nunits, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to any\nunits withdrawn from the condominium shall then appertain to the remaining\nunits, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in\nthe common elements. The principal officer of the unit owners’\nassociation, or such other officer as the condominium instruments may specify,\nshall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration\nreflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced by such contraction.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 416, \u00a7 55-79.56; 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}}