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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 1988, chapter 15; 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":246957,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82046,"identifier":"55.1-1977","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/4\/55.1-1977","url":"\/55.1-1977\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1977\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/4\/55.1-1977","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inquiry and examination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1977","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon receipt of an application for registration, the Common Interest Community Board shall conduct an examination of the <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> submitted to determine that:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span> can convey or cause to be conveyed the <span class=\"dictionary\">units<\/span> offered for <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span> if the <span class=\"dictionary\">purchaser<\/span> complies with the terms of the <span class=\"dictionary\">offer<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-294000\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1977\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> There is reasonable assurance that all proposed improvements will be completed as represented; <a id=\"paragraph-294001\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1977\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The advertising <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> and the general promotional plan are not false or misleading and comply with the standards prescribed by the Common Interest Community Board in its regulations and afford full and fair disclosure; <a id=\"paragraph-294002\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1977\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span> has not, or if a corporation its <span class=\"dictionary\">officers<\/span> and principals have not, been convicted of a <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> involving <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium unit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">dispositions<\/span> or any aspect of the <span class=\"dictionary\">land<\/span> sales business in the Commonwealth, United States, or any other state or foreign country within the past 10 years and has not been subject to any <span class=\"dictionary\">injunction<\/span> or administrative <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> restraining a false or misleading promotional plan involving <span class=\"dictionary\">land<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">dispositions<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-294003\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1977\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> The public offering statement requirements of this chapter have been satisfied; and <a id=\"paragraph-294004\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1977\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"6\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> All other requirements of this chapter and the Common Interest Community Board&#8217;s regulations have been satisfied. <a id=\"paragraph-294005\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1977\/#6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINQUIRY AND EXAMINATION (\u00a7 55.1-1977)\n\nUpon receipt of an application for registration, the Common Interest Community\nBoard shall conduct an examination of the material submitted to determine that:\n\n1. The declarant can convey or cause to be conveyed the units offered for\ndisposition if the purchaser complies with the terms of the offer;\n\n2. There is reasonable assurance that all proposed improvements will be\ncompleted as represented;\n\n3. The advertising material and the general promotional plan are not false or\nmisleading and comply with the standards prescribed by the Common Interest\nCommunity Board in its regulations and afford full and fair disclosure;\n\n4. The declarant has not, or if a corporation its officers and principals have\nnot, been convicted of a crime involving condominium unit dispositions or any\naspect of the land sales business in the Commonwealth, United States, or any\nother state or foreign country within the past 10 years and has not been subject\nto any injunction or administrative order restraining a false or misleading\npromotional plan involving land dispositions;\n\n5. The public offering statement requirements of this chapter have been\nsatisfied; and\n\n6. All other requirements of this chapter and the Common Interest Community\nBoard&#8217;s regulations have been satisfied.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 416, \u00a7 55-79.91; 1988, c. 15; 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}}