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Any sales office, management office, or model not designated a unit by the declaration is a common element, and if a declarant ceases to have an ownership interest in the association, he ceases to have any rights with regard to such offices or models, unless it is removed promptly from the cooperative in accordance with a right to remove reserved in the declaration. Subject to any limitations in the declaration, a declarant may maintain signs on the common elements advertising the cooperative. The provisions of this section are subject to the provisions of other state law and to local ordinances.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":285877,"text":"A declarant may maintain sales offices, management offices, and models in units or on common elements in the cooperative only if the declaration so provides and specifies the rights of a declarant with regard to the number, size, location, and relocation of such offices or models. 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This law was first created in 1982. 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 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60682,"section_number":"55.1-2116","catch_line":"Contents of declaration","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2116\/"},{"id":74321,"section_number":"55.1-2135","catch_line":"Transfer of special declarant rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2135\/"},{"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":247215,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79793,"identifier":"55.1-2125","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/2\/55.1-2125","url":"\/55.1-2125\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2125\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/2\/55.1-2125","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use for sales purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2125","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A declarant<\/span> may maintain sales offices, management offices, and models in units<\/span> or on common elements<\/span> in the cooperative<\/span> only if the declaration<\/span> so provides and specifies the rights of a declarant<\/span> with regard to the number, size, location, and relocation of such offices or models. Any sales office, management office, or model not designated a unit<\/span> by the declaration<\/span> is a common element, and if a declarant<\/span> ceases to have an ownership interest in the association<\/span>, he ceases to have any rights with regard to such offices or models, unless it is removed promptly from the cooperative<\/span> in accordance with a right to remove reserved in the declaration<\/span>. Subject to any limitations in the declaration<\/span>, a declarant<\/span> may maintain signs on the common elements<\/span> advertising the cooperative<\/span>. The provisions of this section are subject to the provisions of other state law<\/span> and to local ordinances<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE FOR SALES PURPOSES (\u00a7 55.1-2125)\n\nA declarant may maintain sales offices, management offices, and models in units\nor on common elements in the cooperative only if the declaration so provides and\nspecifies the rights of a declarant with regard to the number, size, location,\nand relocation of such offices or models. Any sales office, management office,\nor model not designated a unit by the declaration is a common element, and if a\ndeclarant ceases to have an ownership interest in the association, he ceases to\nhave any rights with regard to such offices or models, unless it is removed\npromptly from the cooperative in accordance with a right to remove reserved in\nthe declaration. Subject to any limitations in the declaration, a declarant may\nmaintain signs on the common elements advertising the cooperative. The\nprovisions of this section are subject to the provisions of other state law and\nto local ordinances.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-451; 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}}