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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 717 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 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2007, chapter 265<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 386<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245803,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83496,"identifier":"55.1-711","token":"55.1\/II\/7\/55.1-711","url":"\/55.1-711\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-711\/","token":"55.1\/II\/7\/55.1-711","dublin_core":{"Title":"Change in circumstances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-711","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If information disclosed in accordance with this chapter is subsequently rendered or discovered to be inaccurate as a result of any act, occurrence, information received, circumstance, or agreement subsequent to the delivery of the required disclosures, the inaccuracy resulting therefrom does not constitute a violation of this chapter. However, at or before settlement<\/span>, the owner shall be required to disclose any material<\/span> change in the disclosures made relative to the property. If, at the time the disclosures are required to be made, an item of information required to be disclosed is unknown or not available to the owner, the owner may state that the information is unknown or may use an approximation of the information, provided that the approximation is clearly identified as such, is reasonable, is based on the actual knowledge of the owner, and is not used for the purpose of circumventing or evading this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES (\u00a7 55.1-711)\n\nIf information disclosed in accordance with this chapter is subsequently\nrendered or discovered to be inaccurate as a result of any act, occurrence,\ninformation received, circumstance, or agreement subsequent to the delivery of\nthe required disclosures, the inaccuracy resulting therefrom does not constitute\na violation of this chapter. However, at or before settlement, the owner shall\nbe required to disclose any material change in the disclosures made relative to\nthe property. If, at the time the disclosures are required to be made, an item\nof information required to be disclosed is unknown or not available to the\nowner, the owner may state that the information is unknown or may use an\napproximation of the information, provided that the approximation is clearly\nidentified as such, is reasonable, is based on the actual knowledge of the\nowner, and is not used for the purpose of circumventing or evading this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 717, \u00a7 55-522; 2007, c. 265; 2014, 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}}