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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55818</law_id><section_number>55.1-1215</section_number><catch_line>Disclosure of mold in dwelling units</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-1214</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Rental Conveyances</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Landlord Obligations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As part of the written report of the move-in inspection required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Inspection of dwelling unit; report" href="/55.1-1214/">55.1-1214</a>, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall disclose whether there is any <span class="dictionary">visible evidence of mold</span> in areas <span class="dictionary">readily accessible</span> within the <span class="dictionary">interior of the dwelling unit</span>. If the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span>&#x2019;s written disclosure states that there is no <span class="dictionary">visible evidence of mold</span> in the dwelling unit, this written statement shall be deemed correct unless the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> <span class="dictionary">objects</span> to it in writing within five days after receiving the report. If the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span>&#x2019;s written disclosure states that there is <span class="dictionary">visible evidence of mold</span> in the dwelling unit, the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> shall have the option to terminate the tenancy and not take <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or remain in <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the dwelling unit. If the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> requests to take <span class="dictionary">possession</span>, or remain in <span class="dictionary">possession</span>, of the dwelling unit, notwithstanding the presence of <span class="dictionary">visible evidence of mold</span>, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall promptly remediate the mold condition but in no event later than five business days after the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span>&#x2019;s request to take <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or decision to remain in <span class="dictionary">possession</span>, reinspect the dwelling unit to confirm that there is no <span class="dictionary">visible evidence of mold</span> in the dwelling unit, and prepare a new report stating that there is no <span class="dictionary">visible evidence of mold</span> in the dwelling unit upon reinspection.</p></section></text><history>2004, c. 226, &#xA7; 55-248.11:2; 2008, c. 640; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
