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The first conveyance of a cooperative interest associated with a unit situated in real estate subject to development rights shall be treated as the first conveyance of a cooperative interest in the cooperative for the purposes of the preceding sentence as to any such defects in the common elements within that real estate. A declarant, and any person in the business of selling cooperative interests for his own account, may disclaim liability in an instrument signed by the purchaser for a specified defect or specified failure to comply with applicable law, if the defect or failure entered into became a part of the basis of the bargain.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":248610,"text":"Except as limited by subsection B with respect to a purchaser of a cooperative interest for a unit that may be used for residential use, implied warranties of quality (i) may be excluded or modified by agreement of the parties and (ii) are excluded by expression of disclaimer, such as “as is,” “with all faults,” or other language that in common understanding calls the buyer’s attention to the exclusion of warranties.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":248611,"text":"With respect to a purchaser of a cooperative interest for a unit that may be occupied for residential use, no general disclaimer of implied warranties of quality is effective, nor shall any disclaimer of implied warranties of quality be effective as to defects in materials or construction as to any unit, brought to the attention of the declarant within two years from the date of the first conveyance of the cooperative interest associated with such unit, or as to any such defect in the common elements brought to the attention within two years (i) after that common element has been completed or, if later, (ii) after the first cooperative interest has been conveyed in the cooperative. 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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":247395,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68678,"identifier":"55.1-2167","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/4\/55.1-2167","url":"\/55.1-2167\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2167\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/4\/55.1-2167","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2167","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as limited by subsection B with respect to a purchaser<\/span> of a cooperative interest<\/span> for a unit<\/span> that may be used for residential use, implied warranties of quality (i) may be excluded or modified by agreement of the parties and (ii) are excluded by expression of disclaimer, such as “as is,” “with all faults,” or other language that in common understanding calls the buyer’s attention to the exclusion of warranties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> With respect to a purchaser<\/span> of a cooperative interest<\/span> for a unit<\/span> that may be occupied for residential use, no general disclaimer of implied warranties of quality is effective, nor shall any disclaimer of implied warranties of quality be effective as to defects in materials<\/span> or construction as to any unit<\/span>, brought to the attention of the declarant<\/span> within two years from the date of the first conveyance of the cooperative interest<\/span> associated with such unit<\/span>, or as to any such defect in the common elements<\/span> brought to the attention within two years (i) after that common element has been completed or, if later, (ii) after the first cooperative interest<\/span> has been conveyed in the cooperative. The first conveyance of a cooperative interest<\/span> associated with a unit<\/span> situated in real estate<\/span> subject to development rights<\/span> shall be treated as the first conveyance of a cooperative interest<\/span> in the cooperative for the purposes of the preceding sentence as to any such defects in the common elements<\/span> within that real estate<\/span>. A declarant<\/span>, and any person<\/span> in the business of selling cooperative interests<\/span> for his own account, may disclaim liability in an instrument signed by the purchaser<\/span> for a specified defect or specified failure to comply with applicable law<\/span>, if the defect or failure entered into became a part of the basis of the bargain. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSION OR MODIFICATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF QUALITY (\u00a7 55.1-2167)\n\nA. Except as limited by subsection B with respect to a purchaser of a\ncooperative interest for a unit that may be used for residential use, implied\nwarranties of quality (i) may be excluded or modified by agreement of the\nparties and (ii) are excluded by expression of disclaimer, such as “as\nis,” “with all faults,” or other language that in common\nunderstanding calls the buyer’s attention to the exclusion of warranties.\n\nB. With respect to a purchaser of a cooperative interest for a unit that may be\noccupied for residential use, no general disclaimer of implied warranties of\nquality is effective, nor shall any disclaimer of implied warranties of quality\nbe effective as to defects in materials or construction as to any unit, brought\nto the attention of the declarant within two years from the date of the first\nconveyance of the cooperative interest associated with such unit, or as to any\nsuch defect in the common elements brought to the attention within two years (i)\nafter that common element has been completed or, if later, (ii) after the first\ncooperative interest has been conveyed in the cooperative. The first conveyance\nof a cooperative interest associated with a unit situated in real estate subject\nto development rights shall be treated as the first conveyance of a cooperative\ninterest in the cooperative for the purposes of the preceding sentence as to any\nsuch defects in the common elements within that real estate. A declarant, and\nany person in the business of selling cooperative interests for his own account,\nmay disclaim liability in an instrument signed by the purchaser for a specified\ndefect or specified failure to comply with applicable law, if the defect or\nfailure entered into became a part of the basis of the bargain.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-490; 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}}