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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 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":66133,"section_number":"55.1-1907","catch_line":"How condominium may be created","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1907\/"},{"id":67143,"section_number":"55.1-1911","catch_line":"Recordation of condominium instruments","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1911\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246985,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72592,"identifier":"55.1-1984","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/4\/55.1-1984","url":"\/55.1-1984\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1984\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/4\/55.1-1984","dublin_core":{"Title":"Declarant to deliver declaration to purchaser","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1984","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span> shall within 10 days of recordation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> instruments as provided for in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"How condominium may be created\" href=\"\/55.1-1907\/\">55.1-1907<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Recordation of condominium instruments\" href=\"\/55.1-1911\/\">55.1-1911<\/a> forward to each <span class=\"dictionary\">purchaser<\/span> at his last known address by first-class mail, return receipt requested, an exact copy of the recorded declaration and bylaws.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECLARANT TO DELIVER DECLARATION TO PURCHASER (\u00a7 55.1-1984)\n\nThe declarant shall within 10 days of recordation of the condominium instruments\nas provided for in \u00a7\u00a7 55.1-1907 and 55.1-1911 forward to each purchaser at his\nlast known address by first-class mail, return receipt requested, an exact copy\nof the recorded declaration and bylaws.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 416, \u00a7 55-79.96; 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}}