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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62407</law_id><section_number>55.1-1303</section_number><catch_line>Landlord&amp;#8217;s obligations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>36-139</reference><reference>55.1-1312</reference><reference>55.1-1318</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>The <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Comply with applicable <span class="dictionary">laws</span> governing health, zoning, safety, and other matters pertaining to <span class="dictionary">manufactured home parks</span>; <a id="paragraph-227574" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1303/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the <span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span> in a fit and habitable condition, including maintaining in a clean and safe condition all facilities and common areas provided by the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> for use by the <span class="dictionary">tenants</span> of two or more <span class="dictionary">manufactured home lots</span>; <a id="paragraph-227575" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1303/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Maintain in good and working <span class="dictionary">order</span> and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and other facilities and appliances supplied or required to be supplied by the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span>; <a id="paragraph-227576" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1303/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Provide and maintain appropriate receptacles as a <span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span> facility, except when door-to-door garbage and waste pickup is available within the <span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span> for the collection and storage of garbage and other waste incidental to the occupancy of the <span class="dictionary">manufactured home park</span>, and arrange for the removal of the garbage and other waste; <a id="paragraph-227577" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1303/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Provide reasonable access to electric, water, and sewage disposal connections for each <span class="dictionary">manufactured home lot</span>. In the event of a planned disruption by the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> in electric, water, or sewage disposal services, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall give written notice to <span class="dictionary">tenants</span> no less than 48 hours prior to the planned disruption in service; and <a id="paragraph-227578" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1303/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Provide a copy of any written <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> and the statement of <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> rights and responsibilities to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> within one month of the effective date of the written <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span>. The parties to a written <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> shall sign the form developed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and posted on its website pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers and duties of Director" href="/36-139/">36-139</a> acknowledging that the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> has received from the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> the statement of <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> rights and responsibilities. If a <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> fails to sign the form available pursuant to this subsection, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall record the date or dates on which he provided the form to the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> and the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> failed to sign such form. Subsequent to the effective date of the tenancy, a <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> may, but shall not be required to, provide a <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> with and allow such <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> an opportunity to sign the form described pursuant to this subsection. The failure of the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> to deliver such a <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> and statement shall not affect the validity of the agreement. However, the <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> shall not file or maintain an action, including any <span class="dictionary">summons</span> for <span class="dictionary">unlawful detainer</span>, against the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> in a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of <span class="dictionary">law</span> for any alleged lease violation until he has provided the <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> with the statement of <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> rights and responsibilities. <a id="paragraph-227579" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1303/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1975, c. 535, &#xA7; 55-248.43; 1992, c. 709; 2001, c. 44; 2019, c. 712; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 91, 92; 2023, c. 450.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
