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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0481\">481<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0797\">797<\/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 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65140,"section_number":"55.1-1979","catch_line":"Annual report by declarant","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1979\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246973,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73657,"identifier":"55.1-1981","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/4\/55.1-1981","url":"\/55.1-1981\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1981\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/4\/55.1-1981","dublin_core":{"Title":"Termination of registration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1981","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> In the event that all of the <span class=\"dictionary\">units<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> have been disposed of and that all periods for conversion or expansion have expired, the Common Interest Community Board shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> terminating the registration of the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-264920\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1981\/#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> Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Common Interest Community Board may administratively terminate the registration of a <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> if: <a id=\"paragraph-264921\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1981\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span> has not filed an annual report in accordance with &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Annual report by declarant\" href=\"\/55.1-1979\/\">55.1-1979<\/a> for three or more consecutive years; or <a id=\"paragraph-264922\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1981\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span>&#8217;s registration with the State Corporation Commission, if applicable, has not been active for five or more consecutive years. <a id=\"paragraph-264923\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-1981\/#B2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTERMINATION OF REGISTRATION (\u00a7 55.1-1981)\n\nA. In the event that all of the units in the condominium have been disposed of\nand that all periods for conversion or expansion have expired, the Common\nInterest Community Board shall issue an order terminating the registration of\nthe condominium.\n\nB. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Common Interest\nCommunity Board may administratively terminate the registration of a condominium\nif:\n\n   1. The declarant has not filed an annual report in accordance with &#xA7;\n   55.1-1979 for three or more consecutive years; or\n\n   2. The declarant&#8217;s registration with the State Corporation Commission,\n   if applicable, has not been active for five or more consecutive years.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 481, 797, \u00a7 55-79.93:2; 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}}