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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83364</law_id><section_number>55.1-1217</section_number><catch_line>Required disclosures for properties located adjacent to a military air installation; remedy for nondisclosure</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="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> The <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> of property in any locality in which a military air installation is located, or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized to enter into a <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> on his behalf, shall provide to a prospective <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> a written disclosure that the property is located in a noise zone or accident potential zone, or both, as designated by the locality on its official zoning map. Such disclosure shall be provided prior to the execution by the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> of a written <span class="dictionary">lease agreement</span> or, in the case of an oral <span class="dictionary">lease agreement</span>, prior to occupancy by the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span>. The disclosure shall specify the noise zone or accident potential zone in which the property is located according to the official zoning map of the locality. A disclosure made pursuant to this section containing inaccurate information regarding the location of the noise zone or accident potential zone shall be deemed as nondisclosure unless the inaccurate information is provided by an officer or employee of the locality in which the property is located. <a id="paragraph-298682" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1217/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> who is not provided the disclosure required by subsection A may terminate the <span class="dictionary">lease agreement</span> at any time during the first 30 days of the lease period by sending to the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, a <span class="dictionary">written notice</span> of termination. Such termination shall be effective as of (i) 15 days after the date of the mailing of the notice or (ii) the date through which <span class="dictionary">rent</span> has been paid, whichever is later. In no event, however, shall the effective date of the termination exceed one month from the date of mailing. Termination of the <span class="dictionary">lease agreement</span> shall be the exclusive remedy for the failure to comply with the disclosure provisions of this section, and shall not affect any rights or duties of the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> or <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> arising under this chapter, other applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span>, or the <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span>. <a id="paragraph-298683" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1217/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 511, &#xA7; 55-248.12:1; 2017, c. 730; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
