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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75811</law_id><section_number>15.2-1216</section_number><catch_line>Provision of information to prospective buyers in planned development units</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">General Powers and Procedures of Counties</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Miscellaneous Powers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">county</span> having an urban <span class="dictionary">county</span> executive or <span class="dictionary">county</span> executive form of government, or any <span class="dictionary">county</span> adjacent to any two or more such counties, may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> require that the sellers of new homes provide to home buyers access to copies of the approved subdivision plat, all development plans approved as part of the zoning for the planned unit development, proffered conditions accepted pursuant to subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Permitted provisions in zoning ordinances; amendments; applicant to pay delinquent taxes; penalties" href="/15.2-2286/">15.2-2286</a> as part of the zoning approval for the development, and the comprehensive plan for the area of the <span class="dictionary">county</span>, all of which documents shall include the property for sale and shall be current as of the date access to such documents is provided. The <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> may require that, prior to execution of an offer to buy:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Such documents be located on the site of the property encompassed by the subdivision, plat, or planned unit development in which the property for sale is located, or at an office in its immediate vicinity; and <a id="paragraph-272237" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-1216/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The seller of the new home notify the prospective home buyers of the location of these documents and provide a reasonable opportunity for such prospective buyers to inspect these documents.
			Any violation of such an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> shall be punishable by a civil fine of not more than $100. <a id="paragraph-272238" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-1216/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 409, &#xA7; 15.1-29.10; 1997, cc. 547, 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
