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This section shall not be construed to nullify, limit, or otherwise affect the validity of enforceability of any agreement renouncing or to renounce, in whole or in part, the right hereby conferred.B\n\nIf any of the units in the condominium is restricted exclusively to residential use and there is any unit owner other than the declarant, the condominium instruments shall be amended only by agreement of unit owners of units to which two-thirds of the votes in the unit owners&#8217; association appertain, or such larger majority as the condominium instruments may specify, except in cases for which this chapter provides different methods of amendment. If none of the units in the condominium is restricted exclusively to residential use, the condominium instruments may specify a majority smaller than the minimum specified in the preceding sentence.C\n\nAn action to challenge the validity of an amendment adopted by the unit owners&#8217; association pursuant to this section may not be brought more than one year after the amendment is recorded.D\n\nAgreement of the required majority of unit owners to any amendment of the condominium instruments shall be evidenced by their execution of the amendment, or ratifications of such amendment, and the same is effective when a copy of the amendment is recorded together with a certification, signed by the principal officer of the unit owners&#8217; association or by such other officer as the condominium instruments may specify, that the requisite majority of the unit owners signed the amendment or ratifications of such amendment.E\n\nExcept to the extent expressly permitted or expressly required by other provisions of this chapter or agreed to by 100 percent of the unit owners, no amendment to the condominium instruments shall change (i) the boundaries of any unit, (ii) the undivided interest in the common elements, (iii) the liability for common expenses, or (iv) the number of votes in the unit owners&#8217; association that appertains to any unit.F\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this section, the declarant may unilaterally execute and record a corrective amendment or supplement to the condominium instruments to correct a mathematical mistake, an inconsistency, or a scrivener&#8217;s error or clarify an ambiguity in the condominium instruments with respect to an objectively verifiable fact, including recalculating the undivided interest in the common elements, the liability for common expenses or the number of votes in the unit owners&#8217; association appertaining to a unit, within five years after the recordation of the condominium instrument containing or creating such mistake, inconsistency, error, or ambiguity. No such amendment or supplement may materially reduce what the obligations of the declarant would have been if the mistake, inconsistency, error, or ambiguity had not occurred. Regardless of the date of recordation of the condominium instruments, the principal officer of the unit owners&#8217; association may also unilaterally execute and record such a corrective amendment or supplement upon a vote of two-thirds of the members of the executive board. All corrective amendments and supplements recorded prior to July 1, 1986, are hereby validated to the extent that such corrective amendments and supplements would have been permitted by this subsection.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310265,"text":"If there is no unit owner other than the declarant, the declarant may unilaterally amend the condominium instruments, and an amendment signed by the declarant is effective upon recordation. This section shall not be construed to nullify, limit, or otherwise affect the validity of enforceability of any agreement renouncing or to renounce, in whole or in part, the right hereby conferred.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":310266,"text":"If any of the units in the condominium is restricted exclusively to residential use and there is any unit owner other than the declarant, the condominium instruments shall be amended only by agreement of unit owners of units to which two-thirds of the votes in the unit owners&#8217; association appertain, or such larger majority as the condominium instruments may specify, except in cases for which this chapter provides different methods of amendment. If none of the units in the condominium is restricted exclusively to residential use, the condominium instruments may specify a majority smaller than the minimum specified in the preceding sentence.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":310267,"text":"An action to challenge the validity of an amendment adopted by the unit owners&#8217; association pursuant to this section may not be brought more than one year after the amendment is recorded.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":310268,"text":"Agreement of the required majority of unit owners to any amendment of the condominium instruments shall be evidenced by their execution of the amendment, or ratifications of such amendment, and the same is effective when a copy of the amendment is recorded together with a certification, signed by the principal officer of the unit owners&#8217; association or by such other officer as the condominium instruments may specify, that the requisite majority of the unit owners signed the amendment or ratifications of such amendment.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":310269,"text":"Except to the extent expressly permitted or expressly required by other provisions of this chapter or agreed to by 100 percent of the unit owners, no amendment to the condominium instruments shall change (i) the boundaries of any unit, (ii) the undivided interest in the common elements, (iii) the liability for common expenses, or (iv) the number of votes in the unit owners&#8217; association that appertains to any unit.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"5":{"id":310270,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the declarant may unilaterally execute and record a corrective amendment or supplement to the condominium instruments to correct a mathematical mistake, an inconsistency, or a scrivener&#8217;s error or clarify an ambiguity in the condominium instruments with respect to an objectively verifiable fact, including recalculating the undivided interest in the common elements, the liability for common expenses or the number of votes in the unit owners&#8217; association appertaining to a unit, within five years after the recordation of the condominium instrument containing or creating such mistake, inconsistency, error, or ambiguity. No such amendment or supplement may materially reduce what the obligations of the declarant would have been if the mistake, inconsistency, error, or ambiguity had not occurred. Regardless of the date of recordation of the condominium instruments, the principal officer of the unit owners&#8217; association may also unilaterally execute and record such a corrective amendment or supplement upon a vote of two-thirds of the members of the executive board. All corrective amendments and supplements recorded prior to July 1, 1986, are hereby validated to the extent that such corrective amendments and supplements would have been permitted by this subsection.","type":"section","prefixes":["F"],"prefix":"F","entire_prefix":"F","prefix_anchor":"F","level":1,"prior_prefix":"E"}},"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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conversion to common element","url":"\/55.1-1919\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1919","metadata":false},{"id":74270,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1920","catch_line":"Contents of plats and plans","url":"\/55.1-1920\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1920","metadata":false},{"id":62387,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1921","catch_line":"Bond to insure completion of improvements","url":"\/55.1-1921\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1921","metadata":false},{"id":70504,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1922","catch_line":"Preliminary recordation of plats and plans","url":"\/55.1-1922\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1922","metadata":false},{"id":77354,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1923","catch_line":"Easement for encroachments","url":"\/55.1-1923\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1923","metadata":false},{"id":55789,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1924","catch_line":"Conversion of convertible lands","url":"\/55.1-1924\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1924","metadata":false},{"id":69213,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1925","catch_line":"Conversion of convertible spaces","url":"\/55.1-1925\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1925","metadata":false},{"id":73518,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1926","catch_line":"Expansion of condominium","url":"\/55.1-1926\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1926","metadata":false},{"id":86008,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1927","catch_line":"Contraction of condominium","url":"\/55.1-1927\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1927","metadata":false},{"id":78900,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1928","catch_line":"Easement to facilitate conversion and expansion","url":"\/55.1-1928\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1928","metadata":false},{"id":84085,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1929","catch_line":"Easement to facilitate sales","url":"\/55.1-1929\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1929","metadata":false},{"id":54088,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1930","catch_line":"Declarant's obligation to complete and restore","url":"\/55.1-1930\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1930","metadata":false},{"id":82258,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1931","catch_line":"Alterations within units","url":"\/55.1-1931\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1931","metadata":false},{"id":54696,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1932","catch_line":"Relocation of boundaries between units","url":"\/55.1-1932\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1932","metadata":false},{"id":83554,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1933","catch_line":"Subdivision of units","url":"\/55.1-1933\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1933","metadata":false},{"id":86631,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1934","catch_line":"Amendment of condominium instruments","url":"\/55.1-1934\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1934","metadata":false},{"id":74600,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1935","catch_line":"Use of technology","url":"\/55.1-1935\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1935","metadata":false},{"id":64443,"structure_id":13019,"section_number":"55.1-1936","catch_line":"Merger or consolidation of condominiums; 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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 1993, chapter 667; 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":86301,"section_number":"55.1-1941","catch_line":"Amendment to condominium instruments; consent of mortgagee","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1941\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":246765,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86631,"identifier":"55.1-1934","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1934","url":"\/55.1-1934\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1934\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/2\/55.1-1934","dublin_core":{"Title":"Amendment of condominium instruments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1934","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> If there is no <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owner<\/span> other than the <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span> may unilaterally <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments, and an amendment signed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span> is effective upon recordation. This section shall not be construed to nullify, limit, or otherwise affect the validity of enforceability of any agreement renouncing or to renounce, in whole or in part, the right hereby conferred. <a id=\"paragraph-310265\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1934\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If any of the <span class=\"dictionary\">units<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> is restricted exclusively to residential use and there is any <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owner<\/span> other than the <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments shall be amended only by agreement of <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">units<\/span> to which two-thirds of the votes in the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span>&#8217; association appertain, or such larger majority as the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments may specify, except in cases for which this chapter provides different methods of amendment. If none of the <span class=\"dictionary\">units<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> is restricted exclusively to residential use, the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments may specify a majority smaller than the minimum specified in the preceding sentence. <a id=\"paragraph-310266\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1934\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> An action to challenge the validity of an amendment adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span>&#8217; association pursuant to this section may not be brought more than one year after the amendment is recorded. <a id=\"paragraph-310267\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1934\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Agreement of the required majority of <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span> to any amendment of the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments shall be evidenced by their execution of the amendment, or ratifications of such amendment, and the same is effective when a copy of the amendment is recorded together with a certification, signed by the principal <span class=\"dictionary\">officer<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span>&#8217; association or by such other <span class=\"dictionary\">officer<\/span> as the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments may specify, that the requisite majority of the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span> signed the amendment or ratifications of such amendment. <a id=\"paragraph-310268\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1934\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> Except to the extent expressly permitted or expressly required by other provisions of this chapter or agreed to by 100 percent of the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span>, no amendment to the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments shall change (i) the boundaries of any unit, (ii) the undivided interest in the <span class=\"dictionary\">common elements<\/span>, (iii) the liability for <span class=\"dictionary\">common expenses<\/span>, or (iv) the number of votes in the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span>&#8217; association that appertains to any unit. <a id=\"paragraph-310269\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1934\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"F\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">F.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span> may unilaterally execute and record a corrective amendment or supplement to the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments to correct a mathematical mistake, an inconsistency, or a scrivener&#8217;s error or clarify an ambiguity in the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments with respect to an objectively verifiable <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span>, including recalculating the undivided interest in the <span class=\"dictionary\">common elements<\/span>, the liability for <span class=\"dictionary\">common expenses<\/span> or the number of votes in the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span>&#8217; association appertaining to a unit, within five years after the recordation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instrument containing or creating such mistake, inconsistency, error, or ambiguity. No such amendment or supplement may materially reduce what the obligations of the <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span> would have been if the mistake, inconsistency, error, or ambiguity had not occurred. Regardless of the date of recordation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments, the principal <span class=\"dictionary\">officer<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span>&#8217; association may also unilaterally execute and record such a corrective amendment or supplement upon a vote of two-thirds of the members of the <span class=\"dictionary\">executive board<\/span>. All corrective amendments and supplements recorded prior to July 1, 1986, are hereby validated to the extent that such corrective amendments and supplements would have been permitted by this subsection. <a id=\"paragraph-310270\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1934\/#F\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAMENDMENT OF CONDOMINIUM INSTRUMENTS (\u00a7 55.1-1934)\n\nA. If there is no unit owner other than the declarant, the declarant may\nunilaterally amend the condominium instruments, and an amendment signed by the\ndeclarant is effective upon recordation. This section shall not be construed to\nnullify, limit, or otherwise affect the validity of enforceability of any\nagreement renouncing or to renounce, in whole or in part, the right hereby\nconferred.\n\nB. If any of the units in the condominium is restricted exclusively to\nresidential use and there is any unit owner other than the declarant, the\ncondominium instruments shall be amended only by agreement of unit owners of\nunits to which two-thirds of the votes in the unit owners&#8217; association\nappertain, or such larger majority as the condominium instruments may specify,\nexcept in cases for which this chapter provides different methods of amendment.\nIf none of the units in the condominium is restricted exclusively to residential\nuse, the condominium instruments may specify a majority smaller than the minimum\nspecified in the preceding sentence.\n\nC. An action to challenge the validity of an amendment adopted by the unit\nowners&#8217; association pursuant to this section may not be brought more than\none year after the amendment is recorded.\n\nD. Agreement of the required majority of unit owners to any amendment of the\ncondominium instruments shall be evidenced by their execution of the amendment,\nor ratifications of such amendment, and the same is effective when a copy of the\namendment is recorded together with a certification, signed by the principal\nofficer of the unit owners&#8217; association or by such other officer as the\ncondominium instruments may specify, that the requisite majority of the unit\nowners signed the amendment or ratifications of such amendment.\n\nE. Except to the extent expressly permitted or expressly required by other\nprovisions of this chapter or agreed to by 100 percent of the unit owners, no\namendment to the condominium instruments shall change (i) the boundaries of any\nunit, (ii) the undivided interest in the common elements, (iii) the liability\nfor common expenses, or (iv) the number of votes in the unit owners&#8217;\nassociation that appertains to any unit.\n\nF. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the declarant may\nunilaterally execute and record a corrective amendment or supplement to the\ncondominium instruments to correct a mathematical mistake, an inconsistency, or\na scrivener&#8217;s error or clarify an ambiguity in the condominium instruments\nwith respect to an objectively verifiable fact, including recalculating the\nundivided interest in the common elements, the liability for common expenses or\nthe number of votes in the unit owners&#8217; association appertaining to a\nunit, within five years after the recordation of the condominium instrument\ncontaining or creating such mistake, inconsistency, error, or ambiguity. No such\namendment or supplement may materially reduce what the obligations of the\ndeclarant would have been if the mistake, inconsistency, error, or ambiguity had\nnot occurred. Regardless of the date of recordation of the condominium\ninstruments, the principal officer of the unit owners&#8217; association may\nalso unilaterally execute and record such a corrective amendment or supplement\nupon a vote of two-thirds of the members of the executive board. All corrective\namendments and supplements recorded prior to July 1, 1986, are hereby validated\nto the extent that such corrective amendments and supplements would have been\npermitted by this subsection.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 416, \u00a7 55-79.71; 1993, c. 667; 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}}