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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74299</law_id><section_number>55.1-1300</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>36-139</reference><reference>36-139.02</reference><reference>54.1-2344</reference><reference>55.1-1200</reference><reference>55.1-1212</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="13">Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Abandoned manufactured home</span>&#x201D; means a manufactured home occupying a <span class="dictionary">manufactured home lot</span> pursuant to a written agreement under which (i) the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> has defaulted in rent or (ii) the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> has the right to terminate the written <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment" href="/55.1-1249/">55.1-1249</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Guest or invitee</span>&#x201D; means a person, other than the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span>, who has the permission of the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> to visit but not to occupy the premises.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Landlord</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span> owner</span> or the lessor or sublessor of a <span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span>. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Landlord</span>&#x201D; also means a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span> operator</span> who fails to disclose the name of such owner, lessor, or sublessor as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Disclosure of sale of premises" href="/55.1-1216/">55.1-1216</a>.
		&#x201C;Manufactured home&#x201D; means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, that in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and that is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Manufactured home lot</span>&#x201D; means a parcel of land within the boundaries of a <span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span> provided for the placement of a single manufactured home and the exclusive use of its occupants.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Manufactured home owner</span>&#x201D; means the owner of a manufactured home.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Manufactured home park</span>&#x201D; means a parcel of land under single or common ownership upon which five or more <span class="dictionary">manufactured homes</span> are located on a continual, nonrecreational basis together with any structure, equipment, road, or facility intended for use incidental to the occupancy of the <span class="dictionary">manufactured homes</span>. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Manufactured home park</span>&#x201D; does not include a premises used solely for storage or display of uninhabited <span class="dictionary">manufactured homes</span> or a premises occupied solely by a landowner and members of his family.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Manufactured home park</span> operator</span>&#x201D; means a person employed or contracted by a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span> owner</span> or <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> to manage a <span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Manufactured home park</span> owner</span>&#x201D; means a person who owns land that accommodates a <span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span>.
		&#x201C;Owner&#x201D; means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom is vested (i) all or part of the legal title to the property or (ii) all or part of the beneficial ownership and right to present use and enjoyment of the premises. &#x201C;Owner&#x201D; includes a mortgagee in <span class="dictionary">possession</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Reasonable charges in addition to rent</span>&#x201D; means any routine maintenance and utility charges for which the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> is liable under the <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span>.
		&#x201C;Rent&#x201D; means payments made by the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> to the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> for use of a <span class="dictionary">manufactured home lot</span> and other facilities or services provided by the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Rental agreement</span>&#x201D; means any agreement, written or oral, and valid rules and regulations adopted in conformance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Rules and regulations" href="/55.1-1228/">55.1-1228</a> embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a <span class="dictionary">manufactured home lot</span> and premises and other facilities or services provided by the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Secured party</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions and index of definitions" href="/8.9A-102/">8.9A-102</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Security interest</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="General definitions" href="/8.1A-201/">8.1A-201</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Tenant</span>&#x201D; means a person entitled as under a <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> to occupy a <span class="dictionary">manufactured home lot</span> to the exclusion of others.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 535, &#xA7; 55-248.41; 1983, c. 386; 1991, c. 500; 1992, c. 709; 2018, c. 408; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
