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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57281</law_id><section_number>55.1-1243.2</section_number><catch_line>Tenant&amp;#8217;s remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit due to condemnation</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="4">Tenant Remedies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> gave <span class="dictionary">notice</span> to the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> during the tenancy that his <span class="dictionary">dwelling unit</span> was in violation of an applicable building code, such violation posed a substantial risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a <span class="dictionary">tenant</span>, and such violation resulted in the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> being excluded from his <span class="dictionary">dwelling unit</span> due to such unit being condemned, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall be liable to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> for actual <span class="dictionary">damages</span>. The <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall also return to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> any (i) prepaid <span class="dictionary">rent</span> that had not become due as of the date of condemnation, (ii) <span class="dictionary">security deposit</span>, or (iii) <span class="dictionary">rent</span> paid, if any, to the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> subsequent to the unit being condemned. <a id="paragraph-209810" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1243.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall be liable pursuant to this section if: <a id="paragraph-209811" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1243.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The condemnation of the <span class="dictionary">dwelling unit</span> was caused by (i) the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span>, an <span class="dictionary">authorized occupant</span>, or a <span class="dictionary">guest or invitee</span> of the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> or (ii) an act of God; or <a id="paragraph-209812" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1243.2/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The lease was properly terminated pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fire or casualty damage" href="/55.1-1240/">55.1-1240</a>. <a id="paragraph-209813" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1243.2/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2024, c. 825.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
