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This law was first created in 1962. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 627 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 1962 \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 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":247051,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85991,"identifier":"55.1-2007","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2007","url":"\/55.1-2007\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2007\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2007","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusive and common rights of owners","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2007","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An apartment<\/span> owner has an exclusive right to his apartment<\/span> and has a common right to a share, with other co-owners<\/span>, in the common elements of the property<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSIVE AND COMMON RIGHTS OF OWNERS (\u00a7 55.1-2007)\n\nAn apartment owner has an exclusive right to his apartment and has a common\nright to a share, with other co-owners, in the common elements of the property.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 627, \u00a7 6, \u00a7 55-79.6; 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}}