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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77115</law_id><section_number>55.1-1248</section_number><catch_line>Remedy by repair, etc.; emergencies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-1223</reference><reference>55.1-1229</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="5">Landlord Remedies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If there is a violation by the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Tenant to maintain dwelling unit" href="/55.1-1227/">55.1-1227</a> or the <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> materially affecting health and safety that can be remedied by repair, replacement of a damaged item, or cleaning, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall send a <span class="dictionary">written notice</span> to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> specifying the breach and stating that the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> will enter the <span class="dictionary">dwelling unit</span> and perform the work in a workmanlike manner and submit an itemized bill for the actual and reasonable cost for such work to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span>, which shall be due as <span class="dictionary">rent</span> on the next <span class="dictionary">rent</span> due date or, if the <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> has terminated, for immediate payment.
		In case of emergency the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> may, as promptly as conditions require, enter the <span class="dictionary">dwelling unit</span>, perform the work in a workmanlike manner, and submit an itemized bill for the actual and reasonable cost for such work to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span>, which shall be due as <span class="dictionary">rent</span> on the next <span class="dictionary">rent</span> due date or, if the <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> has terminated, for immediate payment.
		The <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> may perform the repair, replacement, or cleaning or may engage a third <span class="dictionary">party</span> to do so.</p></section></text><history>1974, c. 680, &#xA7; 55-248.32; 2000, c. 760; 2009, c. 663; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
