Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org7086655.1-1259Actions to enforce chapter202555.1-1311Property and ConveyancesRental ConveyancesVirginia Residential Landlord and Tenant ActRetaliatory Action

In addition to any other remedies in this chapter, any person adversely affected by an act or omission prohibited under this chapter may institute an action for injunction and damages against the person responsible for such act or omission in the circuit court in the county or city in which such act or omission occurred. If the court finds that the defendant was responsible for such act or omission, it shall enjoin the defendant from continuance of such practice, and in its discretion award the plaintiff damages as provided in this section.

1974, c. 680, § 55-248.40; 2013, c. 110; 2019, c. 712.