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All costs for such preparation, execution, and recordation shall be borne by the proprietary lessees involved.B\n\nThe amendment to the declaration must (i) be executed by the proprietary lessee of the unit to be subdivided, (ii) assign an identifying number to each unit created, and (iii) reallocate the allocated interests formerly allocated to the cooperative interest of which the subdivided unit is a part to the new cooperative interests in any reasonable manner prescribed by the proprietary lessee of the cooperative interest of which the subdivided unit is a part.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":260642,"text":"If the declaration expressly so permits, a unit may be subdivided into two or more units. Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, upon application of a proprietary lessee to subdivide a unit, the association shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration subdividing that unit. All costs for such preparation, execution, and recordation shall be borne by the proprietary lessees involved.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":260643,"text":"The amendment to the declaration must (i) be executed by the proprietary lessee of the unit to be subdivided, (ii) assign an identifying number to each unit created, and (iii) reallocate the allocated interests formerly allocated to the cooperative interest of which the subdivided unit is a part to the new cooperative interests in any reasonable manner prescribed by the proprietary lessee of the cooperative interest of which the subdivided unit is a part.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13510,"edition_id":1,"name":"Creation, Alteration, and Termination of 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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":62864,"section_number":"55.1-2127","catch_line":"Amendment of declaration","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2127\/"},{"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":247207,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72357,"identifier":"55.1-2123","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/2\/55.1-2123","url":"\/55.1-2123\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2123\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/2\/55.1-2123","dublin_core":{"Title":"Subdivision of units","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2123","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> If the <span class=\"dictionary\">declaration<\/span> expressly so permits, a <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span> may be subdivided into two or more <span class=\"dictionary\">units<\/span>. Subject to the provisions of the <span class=\"dictionary\">declaration<\/span> and other provisions of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, upon application of a <span class=\"dictionary\">proprietary lessee<\/span> to subdivide a <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span> shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the <span class=\"dictionary\">declaration<\/span> subdividing that <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span>. All costs for such preparation, execution, and recordation shall be borne by the <span class=\"dictionary\">proprietary lessees<\/span> involved. <a id=\"paragraph-260642\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2123\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The amendment to the <span class=\"dictionary\">declaration<\/span> must (i) be executed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">proprietary lessee<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span> to be subdivided, (ii) assign an <span class=\"dictionary\">identifying number<\/span> to each <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span> created, and (iii) reallocate the <span class=\"dictionary\">allocated interests<\/span> formerly allocated to the <span class=\"dictionary\">cooperative interest<\/span> of which the subdivided <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span> is a part to the new <span class=\"dictionary\">cooperative interests<\/span> in any reasonable manner prescribed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">proprietary lessee<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">cooperative interest<\/span> of which the subdivided <span class=\"dictionary\">unit<\/span> is a part. <a id=\"paragraph-260643\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2123\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUBDIVISION OF UNITS (\u00a7 55.1-2123)\n\nA. If the declaration expressly so permits, a unit may be subdivided into two or\nmore units. Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of\nlaw, upon application of a proprietary lessee to subdivide a unit, the\nassociation shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration\nsubdividing that unit. All costs for such preparation, execution, and\nrecordation shall be borne by the proprietary lessees involved.\n\nB. The amendment to the declaration must (i) be executed by the proprietary\nlessee of the unit to be subdivided, (ii) assign an identifying number to each\nunit created, and (iii) reallocate the allocated interests formerly allocated to\nthe cooperative interest of which the subdivided unit is a part to the new\ncooperative interests in any reasonable manner prescribed by the proprietary\nlessee of the cooperative interest of which the subdivided unit is a part.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-449; 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}}