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When the owner of real estate in fee, or holder of a term, yielding him rent dies, the rent due after such owner’s or termholder’s death shall be recoverable by such owner’s heir or devisee or such termholder’s personal representative. If the owner or holder alienates or assigns his estate or term, or the rent falls due after such alienation or assignment, the alienee or assignee may recover such rent.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":271847,"text":"If a person is entitled to rent or compensation, whether such person has the reversion or not, then his personal representative or assignee may recover it as provided in \u00a7 8.01-130.1, whatever the estate of the person owning it, or though his estate or interest in the land has ended. When the owner of real estate in fee, or holder of a term, yielding him rent dies, the rent due after such owner’s or termholder’s death shall be recoverable by such owner’s heir or devisee or such termholder’s personal representative. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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":[{"id":58448,"section_number":"8.01-130.1","catch_line":"Remedy for rent and for use and occupation","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-130.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":279829,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75705,"identifier":"8.01-130.2","token":"8.01\/3\/13.1\/8.01-130.2","url":"\/8.01-130.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-130.2\/","token":"8.01\/3\/13.1\/8.01-130.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Who may recover rent or compensation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-130.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a person<\/span> is entitled to rent or compensation, whether such person<\/span> has the reversion or not, then his personal representative or assignee may recover it as provided in \u00a7 8.01-130.1<\/a>, whatever the estate of the person<\/span> owning it, or though his estate or interest in the land has ended. When the owner of real estate in fee, or holder of a term, yielding him rent dies, the rent due after such owner’s or termholder’s death shall be recoverable by such owner’s heir or devisee or such termholder’s personal representative. If the owner or holder alienates or assigns his estate or term, or the rent falls due after such alienation or assignment, the alienee or assignee may recover such rent.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHO MAY RECOVER RENT OR COMPENSATION (\u00a7 8.01-130.2)\n\nIf a person is entitled to rent or compensation, whether such person has the\nreversion or not, then his personal representative or assignee may recover it as\nprovided in \u00a7 8.01-130.1, whatever the estate of the person owning it, or\nthough his estate or interest in the land has ended. When the owner of real\nestate in fee, or holder of a term, yielding him rent dies, the rent due after\nsuch owner’s or termholder’s death shall be recoverable by such\nowner’s heir or devisee or such termholder’s personal\nrepresentative. If the owner or holder alienates or assigns his estate or term,\nor the rent falls due after such alienation or assignment, the alienee or\nassignee may recover such rent.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5520; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-228; 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}}