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Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, no purchaser of residential real property located in a noise zone designated on the official zoning map of the locality as having a day-night average sound level of less than 65 decibels shall have a right to maintain an action for damages pursuant to this section.C\n\nAny action brought under this section shall be commenced within one year of the date the purchaser received the applicable disclosures required by this chapter. If the disclosures required by this chapter were not delivered to the purchaser, an action shall be commenced within one year of the date of settlement, if by sale, or occupancy, if by lease with an option to purchase.\n\t\t\tNothing contained in this chapter shall prevent a purchaser from pursuing any remedies at law or equity otherwise available against an owner in the event of an owner’s intentional or willful misrepresentation of the condition of the subject property.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":289331,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other statute or regulation, no cause of action shall arise against an owner or a real estate licensee for failure to disclose that the real property was the site of:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":289332,"text":"An act or occurrence that had no effect on the physical structure of the real property, its physical environment, or the improvements located thereon; or","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":289333,"text":"A homicide, felony, or suicide.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"B"},"3":{"id":289334,"text":"The purchaser’s remedies for failure of an owner to comply with the provisions of this chapter are as follows:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"B1"},"4":{"id":289335,"text":"If the owner fails to provide any of the applicable disclosures required by this chapter, the contract may be terminated subject to the provisions of subsection B of § 55.1-709.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"B2"},"5":{"id":289336,"text":"In the event that the owner fails to provide any of the applicable disclosures required by this chapter, or the owner misrepresents, willfully or otherwise, the information required in such disclosure, except as result of information provided by an officer or employee of the locality in which the property is located, the purchaser may maintain an action to recover his actual damages suffered as the result of such violation. 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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 5 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 1993, chapter 847; in 2005, chapter 510<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 265<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 386<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83519,"section_number":"55.1-709","catch_line":"Time for disclosure; termination of contract","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-709\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245811,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80711,"identifier":"55.1-713","token":"55.1\/II\/7\/55.1-713","url":"\/55.1-713\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-713\/","token":"55.1\/II\/7\/55.1-713","dublin_core":{"Title":"Actions under this chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-713","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other statute<\/span> or regulation, no cause of action<\/span> shall arise against an owner or a real estate licensee for failure to disclose that the real property was the site of: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> An act or occurrence that had no effect on the physical structure of the real property, its physical environment, or the improvements located thereon; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A homicide<\/span>, felony<\/span>, or suicide. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The purchaser’s remedies for failure of an owner to comply with the provisions of this chapter are as follows: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> If the owner fails to provide any of the applicable disclosures required by this chapter, the contract<\/span> may be terminated subject to the provisions of subsection B of § 55.1-709<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> In the event that the owner fails to provide any of the applicable disclosures required by this chapter, or the owner misrepresents, willfully or otherwise, the information required in such disclosure, except as result of information provided by an officer or employee of the locality in which the property is located, the purchaser may maintain an action to recover his actual damages<\/span> suffered as the result of such violation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, no purchaser of residential real property located in a noise zone designated on the official zoning map of the locality as having a day-night average sound level of less than 65 decibels shall have a right to maintain an action for damages<\/span> pursuant to this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any action brought under this section shall be commenced within one year of the date the purchaser received the applicable disclosures required by this chapter. If the disclosures required by this chapter were not delivered to the purchaser, an action shall be commenced within one year of the date of settlement<\/span>, if by sale, or occupancy, if by lease with an option to purchase.\n\t\t\tNothing contained in this chapter shall prevent a purchaser from pursuing any remedies at law<\/span> or equity<\/span> otherwise available against an owner in the event of an owner’s intentional or willful misrepresentation of the condition of the subject property. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACTIONS UNDER THIS CHAPTER (\u00a7 55.1-713)\n\nA. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other statute or\nregulation, no cause of action shall arise against an owner or a real estate\nlicensee for failure to disclose that the real property was the site of:\n\n 1. An act or occurrence that had no effect on the physical structure of the\n real property, its physical environment, or the improvements located thereon;\n or\n\n 2. A homicide, felony, or suicide.\n\nB. The purchaser’s remedies for failure of an owner to comply with the\nprovisions of this chapter are as follows:\n\n 1. If the owner fails to provide any of the applicable disclosures required by\n this chapter, the contract may be terminated subject to the provisions of\n subsection B of § 55.1-709.\n\n 2. In the event that the owner fails to provide any of the applicable\n disclosures required by this chapter, or the owner misrepresents, willfully or\n otherwise, the information required in such disclosure, except as result of\n information provided by an officer or employee of the locality in which the\n property is located, the purchaser may maintain an action to recover his\n actual damages suffered as the result of such violation. Notwithstanding the\n provisions of this subdivision, no purchaser of residential real property\n located in a noise zone designated on the official zoning map of the locality\n as having a day-night average sound level of less than 65 decibels shall have\n a right to maintain an action for damages pursuant to this section.\n\nC. Any action brought under this section shall be commenced within one year of\nthe date the purchaser received the applicable disclosures required by this\nchapter. If the disclosures required by this chapter were not delivered to the\npurchaser, an action shall be commenced within one year of the date of\nsettlement, if by sale, or occupancy, if by lease with an option to purchase.\n\t\t\tNothing contained in this chapter shall prevent a purchaser from pursuing any\nremedies at law or equity otherwise available against an owner in the event of\nan owner’s intentional or willful misrepresentation of the condition of\nthe subject property.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 717, \u00a7 55-524; 1993, c. 847; 2005, c. 510; 2007, c. 265;\n2017, 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}}