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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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55215,"section_number":"55.1-1900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1900\/"},{"id":74272,"section_number":"55.1-2010","catch_line":"Regrouping or merger of estates with principal property","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2010\/"}],"permalink":{"id":247067,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67688,"identifier":"55.1-2011","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2011","url":"\/55.1-2011\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2011\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2011","dublin_core":{"Title":"Merger not to bar subsequent condominium","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2011","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The merger provided for in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Regrouping or merger of estates with principal property\" href=\"\/55.1-2010\/\">55.1-2010<\/a> shall not bar the subsequent constitution of the <span class=\"dictionary\">property<\/span> into a <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium<\/span> whenever so desired, provided that the requirements of the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Condominium<\/span> Act (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/55.1-1900\/\">55.1-1900<\/a> et seq.) are met.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMERGER NOT TO BAR SUBSEQUENT CONDOMINIUM (\u00a7 55.1-2011)\n\nThe merger provided for in \u00a7 55.1-2010 shall not bar the subsequent\nconstitution of the property into a condominium whenever so desired, provided\nthat the requirements of the Virginia Condominium Act (\u00a7 55.1-1900 et seq.) are\nmet.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 627, \u00a7 10, \u00a7 55-79.10; 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}}