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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60332</law_id><section_number>55.1-1231</section_number><catch_line>Relocation of tenant where mold remediation needs to be performed in the dwelling unit</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="3">Tenant Obligations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Where a mold condition in the <span class="dictionary">dwelling unit</span> materially affects the health or safety of any <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> or <span class="dictionary">authorized occupant</span>, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> may require the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> to temporarily vacate the <span class="dictionary">dwelling unit</span> in <span class="dictionary">order</span> for the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> to perform <span class="dictionary">mold remediation in accordance with professional standards</span> as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1200/">55.1-1200</a> for a period not to exceed 30 days. The <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall provide the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> with either (i) a comparable <span class="dictionary">dwelling unit</span>, as selected by the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span>, at no expense or cost to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> or (ii) a hotel room, as selected by the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span>, at no expense or cost to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span>. The <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall not be required to pay for any other expenses of the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> that arise after the relocation period. The <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> shall continue to be responsible for payment of <span class="dictionary">rent</span> under the <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> during the period of any temporary relocation and for the remainder of the term of the <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> following the remediation. Nothing in this section shall be construed as entitling the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> to a termination of a tenancy where the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> has remediated a mold condition in accordance with professional standards as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1200/">55.1-1200</a>. The <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall pay all costs of the relocation and the mold remediation, unless the mold is a result of the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span>&#x2019;s failure to comply with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Tenant to maintain dwelling unit" href="/55.1-1227/">55.1-1227</a>.</p></section></text><history>2008, c. 640, &#xA7; 55-248.18:2; 2009, c. 663; 2011, c. 779; 2016, c. 744; 2017, c. 730; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
