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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 557<\/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 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2016, chapter 527<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 386<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73919,"section_number":"32.1-11.7","catch_line":"Guidelines for cleanup of residential property used to manufacture methamphetamine","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-11.7\/"},{"id":85110,"section_number":"54.1-1100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-1100\/"},{"id":61092,"section_number":"55.1-702","catch_line":"Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-702\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245783,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69930,"identifier":"55.1-708","token":"55.1\/II\/7\/55.1-708","url":"\/55.1-708\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-708\/","token":"55.1\/II\/7\/55.1-708","dublin_core":{"Title":"Required disclosures; property previously used to manufacture methamphetamine","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-708","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 that such residential property was previously used to manufacture methamphetamine and has not been cleaned up in accordance with the guidelines established pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-11.7<\/a> and the applicable licensing provisions of Chapter 11 (\u00a7 54.1-1100<\/a> et seq.) of Title 54.1, 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; PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY USED TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE\n(\u00a7 55.1-708)\n\nNotwithstanding the exemptions in \u00a7 55.1-702, if the owner of a residential\ndwelling unit has actual knowledge that such residential property was previously\nused to manufacture methamphetamine and has not been cleaned up in accordance\nwith the guidelines established pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-11.7 and the applicable\nlicensing provisions of Chapter 11 (\u00a7 54.1-1100 et seq.) of Title 54.1, the\nowner shall provide to a prospective purchaser a written disclosure that so\nstates. Such disclosure shall be provided to the purchaser on a form provided by\nthe Real Estate Board on its website and otherwise in accordance with this\nchapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 557, \u00a7 55-519.4; 2016, c. 527; 2017, c. 386; 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}}