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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0715\">715<\/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 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 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0405\">405<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":246835,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64649,"identifier":"55.1-1950","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/3\/55.1-1950","url":"\/55.1-1950\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1950\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/3\/55.1-1950","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distribution of information by members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1950","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">executive board<\/span> shall establish a reasonable, effective, and free method, appropriate to the <span class=\"dictionary\">size<\/span> and nature of the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span>, for <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span> to communicate among themselves and with the <span class=\"dictionary\">executive board<\/span> regarding any matter concerning the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span>&#8217; association. <a id=\"paragraph-235248\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1950\/#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> Except as otherwise provided in the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments, the <span class=\"dictionary\">executive board<\/span> shall not require prior approval of the dissemination or content of any <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> regarding any matter concerning the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owners<\/span>&#8217; association. <a id=\"paragraph-235249\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1950\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION BY MEMBERS (\u00a7 55.1-1950)\n\nA. The executive board shall establish a reasonable, effective, and free method,\nappropriate to the size and nature of the condominium, for unit owners to\ncommunicate among themselves and with the executive board regarding any matter\nconcerning the unit owners&#8217; association.\n\nB. Except as otherwise provided in the condominium instruments, the executive\nboard shall not require prior approval of the dissemination or content of any\nmaterial regarding any matter concerning the unit owners&#8217; association.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 715, \u00a7 55-79.75:1; 2003, c. 405; 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}}