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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 3 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 1966, chapter 683; in 1973, chapter 375; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71979,"section_number":"55.1-2009","catch_line":"Deeds of individual apartments","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2009\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":74325,"section_number":"55.1-2003","catch_line":"Establishment of horizontal property regime","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2003\/"}],"permalink":{"id":247055,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74064,"identifier":"55.1-2008","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2008","url":"\/55.1-2008\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2008\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2008","dublin_core":{"Title":"Master deed or lease; recordation; particulars","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2008","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A master deed<\/span> or lease shall be recorded in the same manner and subject to the same provisions of law<\/span> as are other deeds, provided that no state or local recordation tax upon the value of the property<\/span> transferred shall apply to any such deed recorded solely for the purpose of complying with the provisions of \u00a7 55.1-2003<\/a>.\n\t\tThe master deed<\/span> or lease required pursuant to \u00a7 55.1-2003<\/a> shall include the following particulars:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The description of the land, whether leased or in fee simple, and the building, expressing their respective areas; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The general description and the number of each apartment<\/span>, expressing its area, location, and any other data necessary for its identification; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The description of the general common elements of the building; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The provisions requiring the council of co-owners<\/span> to maintain insurance on the horizontal property<\/span> regime. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMASTER DEED OR LEASE; RECORDATION; PARTICULARS (\u00a7 55.1-2008)\n\nA master deed or lease shall be recorded in the same manner and subject to the\nsame provisions of law as are other deeds, provided that no state or local\nrecordation tax upon the value of the property transferred shall apply to any\nsuch deed recorded solely for the purpose of complying with the provisions of \u00a7\n55.1-2003.\n\t\tThe master deed or lease required pursuant to \u00a7 55.1-2003 shall include the\nfollowing particulars:\n\n1. The description of the land, whether leased or in fee simple, and the\nbuilding, expressing their respective areas;\n\n2. The general description and the number of each apartment, expressing its\narea, location, and any other data necessary for its identification;\n\n3. The description of the general common elements of the building; and\n\n4. The provisions requiring the council of co-owners to maintain insurance on\nthe horizontal property regime.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 627, \u00a7 7, \u00a7 55-79.7; 1966, c. 683; 1973, c. 375; 2019, c.\n712.","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}}