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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62277</law_id><section_number>55.1-1410</section_number><catch_line>Notice to terminate a tenancy in nonresidential rental property; notice of change in use of multifamily residential building</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-737</reference><reference>55.1-1208</reference><reference>55.1-1258</reference><reference>55.1-1982</reference><reference>55.1-2164</reference><reference>55.1-2217</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="14">Nonresidential Tenancies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Landlord Obligations</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A year-to-year tenancy in a nonresidential rental property may be terminated by either <span class="dictionary">party</span> giving three months&#x2019; notice, in writing, prior to the end of any year of the tenancy, of his intention to terminate the same. A month-to-month tenancy may be terminated by either <span class="dictionary">party</span> giving 30 days&#x2019; notice in writing, prior to the next rent due date, of his intention to terminate the same, unless the rental agreement provides for a different notice period. Written notice of termination shall be given in accordance with this chapter or the lease agreement. <a id="paragraph-227143" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1410/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In addition to the termination rights set forth in subsection A, and notwithstanding the terms of the lease, the landlord may terminate a lease agreement in a multifamily residential building due to rehabilitation or a change in the use of all or any part of such building that contains at least four residential units, upon 120 days&#x2019; prior written notice to the tenant. Changes in use shall include conversion to hotel, motel, apartment hotel, or other commercial use, planned unit development, substantial rehabilitation, demolition, or sale to a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> purchaser requiring an empty building. This 120-day notice requirement shall not be waived except in the case of a month-to-month tenancy, which may be terminated by the landlord by giving the tenant 30 days&#x2019; written notice prior to the next rent due date of the landlord&#x2019;s intention to terminate the tenancy.
			The written notice required by this section to terminate a tenancy shall not be contained in the rental agreement or lease, but shall be a separate writing. <a id="paragraph-227144" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1410/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5516; Code 1950, &#xA7; 55-222; 1981, c. 155; 1986, c. 428; 1987, c. 473; 2004, c. 123; 2007, c. 634; 2013, c. 563; 2015, c. 596; 2017, c. 730; 2018, c. 221; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
