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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61773</law_id><section_number>36-139.02</section_number><catch_line>Translation of forms and documents</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="36">Housing</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Department of Housing and Community Development</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall translate all forms and documents that the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> is mandated by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to create and that are posted on its website for use by residential landlords and tenants into the five non-English languages most commonly spoken in Virginia according to the most recent American Community Survey data published by the United States Census Bureau. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may accept <span class="dictionary">materials</span> translated by volunteers but shall verify the accuracy of such translations prior to making the translated <span class="dictionary">materials</span> available on its website. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall post on its website all English and translated versions of all <span class="dictionary">Department</span>-created documents and model forms for use by any persons governed by the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1200/">55.1-1200</a> et seq.) or the Virginia Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1300/">55.1-1300</a> et seq.).</p></section></text><history>2024, c. 332.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
