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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77987</law_id><section_number>54.1-2138.2</section_number><catch_line>Duty to disclose ownership interest in specific real property</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="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Real Estate Brokers, Sales Persons and Rental Location Agents</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Duties of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> knows or should have known that he, any member of his family, his firm, any member of his firm, or any entity in which he has an ownership interest is acquiring or attempting to acquire or is selling or leasing real property through purchase, sale, or lease and the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> is a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the transaction, the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> must disclose in writing that he is a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> and that he, any member of his family, his firm, any member of his firm, or any entity in which he has an ownership interest has or will have an ownership interest to the other parties to the transaction. This disclosure shall be made to the purchaser, seller, lessor, or lessee upon having substantive discussions about specific real property.</p></section></text><history>2022, c. 610.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
