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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86740</law_id><section_number>55.1-1420</section_number><catch_line>When defendant barred of relief</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="5">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Should the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> to a proceeding filed pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Proceedings to establish right of reentry; judgment" href="/55.1-1419/">55.1-1419</a>, or other person on his behalf, not pay the rent in arrear, with interest and costs, nor file a complaint for relief against such forfeiture, within 12 months after execution executed, he shall be barred of all right to be restored to such lands or tenements.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5531; Code 1950, &#xA7; 55-240; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
