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Any such expansion shall be deemed to have occurred at the time of the recordation of plats and plans pursuant to subsection C of \u00a7 55.1-1920, together with an amendment to the declaration, duly executed by the declarant, including all of the owners and lessees of the additional land added to the condominium. Such amendment shall contain a legal description by metes and bounds of the land added to the condominium and shall reallocate undivided interests in the common elements in accordance with the provisions of subsection B of \u00a7 55.1-1918. Such amendment may create convertible or withdrawable lands or both within the land added to the condominium, but this provision shall not be construed in derogation of the time limits imposed by or pursuant to subdivision D 3 of \u00a7 55.1-1916 and subsection C of \u00a7 55.1-1924.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":264512,"text":"No condominium shall be expanded except in accordance with the provisions of the declaration and of this chapter. Any such expansion shall be deemed to have occurred at the time of the recordation of plats and plans pursuant to subsection C of \u00a7 55.1-1920, together with an amendment to the declaration, duly executed by the declarant, including all of the owners and lessees of the additional land added to the condominium. Such amendment shall contain a legal description by metes and bounds of the land added to the condominium and shall reallocate undivided interests in the common elements in accordance with the provisions of subsection B of \u00a7 55.1-1918. 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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 2 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 1975, chapter 415; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85700,"section_number":"55.1-1910","catch_line":"Execution of condominium instruments","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1910\/"},{"id":70504,"section_number":"55.1-1922","catch_line":"Preliminary recordation of plats and plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1922\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76179,"section_number":"55.1-1916","catch_line":"Contents of declaration","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1916\/"},{"id":74121,"section_number":"55.1-1918","catch_line":"Reallocation of interests in common elements","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1918\/"},{"id":74270,"section_number":"55.1-1920","catch_line":"Contents of plats and plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1920\/"},{"id":55789,"section_number":"55.1-1924","catch_line":"Conversion of convertible lands","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1924\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246733,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73518,"identifier":"55.1-1926","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1926","url":"\/55.1-1926\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1926\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1926","dublin_core":{"Title":"Expansion of condominium","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1926","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> shall be expanded except in accordance with the provisions of the declaration and of this chapter. Any such expansion shall be deemed to have occurred at the time of the recordation of plats and plans pursuant to subsection C of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Contents of plats and plans\" href=\"\/55.1-1920\/\">55.1-1920<\/a>, together with an amendment to the declaration, duly executed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span>, including all of the owners and lessees of the additional <span class=\"dictionary\">land<\/span> added to the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span>. Such amendment shall contain a legal description by metes and bounds of the <span class=\"dictionary\">land<\/span> added to the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> and shall reallocate undivided interests in the <span class=\"dictionary\">common elements<\/span> in accordance with the provisions of subsection B of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Reallocation of interests in common elements\" href=\"\/55.1-1918\/\">55.1-1918<\/a>. Such amendment may create convertible or withdrawable <span class=\"dictionary\">lands<\/span> or both within the <span class=\"dictionary\">land<\/span> added to the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span>, but this provision shall not be construed in derogation of the time limits imposed by or pursuant to subdivision D 3 of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Contents of declaration\" href=\"\/55.1-1916\/\">55.1-1916<\/a> and subsection C of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Conversion of convertible lands\" href=\"\/55.1-1924\/\">55.1-1924<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXPANSION OF CONDOMINIUM (\u00a7 55.1-1926)\n\nNo condominium shall be expanded except in accordance with the provisions of the\ndeclaration and of this chapter. Any such expansion shall be deemed to have\noccurred at the time of the recordation of plats and plans pursuant to\nsubsection C of \u00a7 55.1-1920, together with an amendment to the declaration,\nduly executed by the declarant, including all of the owners and lessees of the\nadditional land added to the condominium. Such amendment shall contain a legal\ndescription by metes and bounds of the land added to the condominium and shall\nreallocate undivided interests in the common elements in accordance with the\nprovisions of subsection B of \u00a7 55.1-1918. Such amendment may create\nconvertible or withdrawable lands or both within the land added to the\ncondominium, but this provision shall not be construed in derogation of the time\nlimits imposed by or pursuant to subdivision D 3 of \u00a7 55.1-1916 and subsection\nC of \u00a7 55.1-1924.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 416, \u00a7 55-79.63; 1975, c. 415; 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}}