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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 510 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 1978 \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":247713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80560,"identifier":"55.1-2304","token":"55.1\/IV\/23\/55.1-2304","url":"\/55.1-2304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2304\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/23\/55.1-2304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restraints on alienation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Provided that selling or leasing a lot<\/span> is not specifically prohibited by recorded covenant, it is unlawful to restrain the owner of a lot<\/span> in a subdivision from offering such lot<\/span> for sale<\/span> or lease or from selling or leasing such lot<\/span>. Any deed restriction or recorded covenant that creates a right of first refusal in excess of 30 days or creates a sales<\/span> restraint that denies lot<\/span> owners the right to post for-sale<\/span> signs of reasonable size is null and void.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRAINTS ON ALIENATION (\u00a7 55.1-2304)\n\nProvided that selling or leasing a lot is not specifically prohibited by\nrecorded covenant, it is unlawful to restrain the owner of a lot in a\nsubdivision from offering such lot for sale or lease or from selling or leasing\nsuch lot. Any deed restriction or recorded covenant that creates a right of\nfirst refusal in excess of 30 days or creates a sales restraint that denies lot\nowners the right to post for-sale signs of reasonable size is null and void.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 510, \u00a7 55-343; 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}}