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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 386<\/a> 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. 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":[{"id":78167,"section_number":"36-97","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-97\/"},{"id":61092,"section_number":"55.1-702","catch_line":"Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-702\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245771,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59526,"identifier":"55.1-706","token":"55.1\/II\/7\/55.1-706","url":"\/55.1-706\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-706\/","token":"55.1\/II\/7\/55.1-706","dublin_core":{"Title":"Required disclosures; pending building or zoning violations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-706","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the exemptions in \u00a7 55.1-702<\/a>, if the owner of a residential dwelling unit has actual knowledge of any pending enforcement actions pursuant to the Uniform Statewide Building Code (\u00a7 36-97<\/a> et seq.) that affect the safe, decent, sanitary living conditions of the property of which the owner has been notified in writing by the locality, or any pending violation of the local zoning ordinance<\/span> that the violator has not abated or remedied under the zoning ordinance<\/span>, within a time period set out in the written notice of violation from the locality or established by a court<\/span> of competent jurisdiction<\/span>, the owner shall provide to a prospective purchaser a written disclosure that so states. Such disclosure shall be provided to the purchaser on a form provided by the Real Estate Board on its website and otherwise in accordance with this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIRED DISCLOSURES; PENDING BUILDING OR ZONING VIOLATIONS (\u00a7 55.1-706)\n\nNotwithstanding the exemptions in \u00a7 55.1-702, if the owner of a residential\ndwelling unit has actual knowledge of any pending enforcement actions pursuant\nto the Uniform Statewide Building Code (\u00a7 36-97 et seq.) that affect the safe,\ndecent, sanitary living conditions of the property of which the owner has been\nnotified in writing by the locality, or any pending violation of the local\nzoning ordinance that the violator has not abated or remedied under the zoning\nordinance, within a time period set out in the written notice of violation from\nthe locality or established by a court of competent jurisdiction, the owner\nshall provide to a prospective purchaser a written disclosure that so states.\nSuch disclosure shall be provided to the purchaser on a form provided by the\nReal Estate Board on its website and otherwise in accordance with this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 386, \u00a7 55-519.2:1; 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}}