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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 627 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 1981 \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":248395,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81374,"identifier":"55.1-2905","token":"55.1\/V\/29\/55.1-2905","url":"\/55.1-2905\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2905\/","token":"55.1\/V\/29\/55.1-2905","dublin_core":{"Title":"Savings clause","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2905","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All rental agreements<\/span>, entered into prior to July 1, 1981, that have not been extended or renewed after that date, shall remain valid and may be enforced or terminated in accordance with their terms or as permitted by any other statute<\/span> or law<\/span> of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSAVINGS CLAUSE (\u00a7 55.1-2905)\n\nAll rental agreements, entered into prior to July 1, 1981, that have not been\nextended or renewed after that date, shall remain valid and may be enforced or\nterminated in accordance with their terms or as permitted by any other statute\nor law of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 627, \u00a7 55-421; 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}}