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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":[{"id":68924,"section_number":"55.1-2014","catch_line":"Contributions by co-owners","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2014\/"}],"permalink":{"id":247083,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69261,"identifier":"55.1-2015","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2015","url":"\/55.1-2015\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2015\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2015","dublin_core":{"Title":"Payment of assessments upon conveyance of apartment; priority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2015","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon the sale or conveyance of an apartment<\/span>, all unpaid assessments against a co-owner<\/span> for his pro rata share in the expenses provided for in \u00a7 55.1-2014<\/a> shall first be paid out of the sale price or by the purchaser in priority over any other assessments or charges of whatever nature except the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Assessments, liens<\/span>, and charges in favor of the Commonwealth or any locality for taxes past due and unpaid on the apartment<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Payments due under mortgages duly recorded. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS UPON CONVEYANCE OF APARTMENT; PRIORITY (\u00a7 55.1-2015)\n\nUpon the sale or conveyance of an apartment, all unpaid assessments against a\nco-owner for his pro rata share in the expenses provided for in \u00a7 55.1-2014\nshall first be paid out of the sale price or by the purchaser in priority over\nany other assessments or charges of whatever nature except the following:\n\n1. Assessments, liens, and charges in favor of the Commonwealth or any locality\nfor taxes past due and unpaid on the apartment; and\n\n2. Payments due under mortgages duly recorded.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 627, \u00a7 15, \u00a7 55-79.15; 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}}