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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69542</law_id><section_number>55.1-1216</section_number><catch_line>Disclosure of sale of premises</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-1244</reference><reference>55.1-1300</reference><reference>55.1-1311</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For the purpose of <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> and receiving and issuing receipts for <span class="dictionary">notices</span> and demands, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized to enter into a <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> on his behalf shall disclose to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> in writing at or before the beginning of the tenancy the name and address of: <a id="paragraph-251414" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1216/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized to manage the <span class="dictionary">premises</span>; and <a id="paragraph-251415" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1216/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> An <span class="dictionary">owner</span> of the <span class="dictionary">premises</span> or any other <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized to act for and on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">owner</span>. <a id="paragraph-251416" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1216/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In the event of the sale of the <span class="dictionary">premises</span>, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall notify the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> of such sale and disclose to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> the name and address of the purchaser and a telephone number at which such purchaser can be located. <a id="paragraph-251417" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1216/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> With respect to a <span class="dictionary">multifamily dwelling unit</span>, if an application for registration of the rental property as a condominium or cooperative has been filed with the Real Estate Board, or if there is within six months an existing plan for <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> displacement resulting from (i) demolition or substantial rehabilitation of the property or (ii) conversion of the rental property to office, hotel, or motel use or planned unit development, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized to enter into a <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> on his behalf shall disclose that information in writing to any prospective <span class="dictionary">tenant</span>. <a id="paragraph-251418" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1216/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The information required to be furnished by this section shall be kept current, and the provisions of this section extend to and are enforceable against any successor <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> or <span class="dictionary">owner</span>. A <span class="dictionary">person</span> who fails to comply with this section becomes an agent of each <span class="dictionary">person</span> who is a <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> for the purposes of <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> and receiving and issuing receipts for <span class="dictionary">notices</span> and demands. <a id="paragraph-251419" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1216/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1974, c. 680, &#xA7; 55-248.12; 1983, c. 257; 2000, c. 760; 2017, c. 730; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
