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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 277 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 1982 \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":[{"id":55380,"section_number":"55.1-2171","catch_line":"Declarant's obligation to complete and restore","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2171\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":247199,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73544,"identifier":"55.1-2121","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/2\/55.1-2121","url":"\/55.1-2121\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2121\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/2\/55.1-2121","dublin_core":{"Title":"Alterations of units","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2121","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Subject to the provisions of the <span class=\"dictionary\">declaration<\/span> and other provisions of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">proprietary lessee<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> May make any improvements or alterations to his <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span> that do not impair the structural integrity or the electrical or mechanical systems of any portion of the <span class=\"dictionary\">cooperative<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-264593\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2121\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Shall not change the <span class=\"dictionary\">appearance<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">common elements<\/span>, or the exterior <span class=\"dictionary\">appearance<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span> or any other portion of the <span class=\"dictionary\">cooperative<\/span>, other than the interior of the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span>, without permission of the <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-264594\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2121\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> After acquiring a <span class=\"dictionary\">cooperative interest<\/span> of which an adjoining <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span> or an adjoining part of an adjoining <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span> is a part, may remove or alter any intervening <span class=\"dictionary\">partition<\/span> or create apertures therein, even if the <span class=\"dictionary\">partition<\/span> in whole or in part is a common element, if those acts do not impair the structural integrity or electrical or mechanical systems of any portion of the cooperative. Removal of <span class=\"dictionary\">partitions<\/span> or creation of apertures under this subdivision is not an alteration of boundaries. <a id=\"paragraph-264595\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2121\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALTERATIONS OF UNITS (\u00a7 55.1-2121)\n\nSubject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, a\nproprietary lessee:\n\n1. May make any improvements or alterations to his unit that do not impair the\nstructural integrity or the electrical or mechanical systems of any portion of\nthe cooperative;\n\n2. Shall not change the appearance of the common elements, or the exterior\nappearance of a unit or any other portion of the cooperative, other than the\ninterior of the unit, without permission of the association;\n\n3. After acquiring a cooperative interest of which an adjoining unit or an\nadjoining part of an adjoining unit is a part, may remove or alter any\nintervening partition or create apertures therein, even if the partition in\nwhole or in part is a common element, if those acts do not impair the structural\nintegrity or electrical or mechanical systems of any portion of the cooperative.\nRemoval of partitions or creation of apertures under this subdivision is not an\nalteration of boundaries.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-447; 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}}