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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77335</law_id><section_number>55.1-1500</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="15">Residential Ground Rent Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Land</span>&#x201D; is a three-dimensional concept and includes parcels with upper or lower boundaries, or both upper and lower boundaries, as well as parcels extending ab solo usque ad coelum. Parcels of airspace constitute <span class="dictionary">land</span> within the meaning of this chapter. Any requirement in this chapter of a legally sufficient description shall be deemed to include a requirement that the upper and lower boundaries, if any, of the parcel in question be identified with reference to established data.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Obligee</span>&#x201D; means any person or entity to whom a <span class="dictionary">residential ground rent</span> is owed.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Obligor</span>&#x201D; means one or more individuals who are obligated to pay a <span class="dictionary">residential ground rent</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Residential ground rent</span>&#x201D; means a rent or charge paid for the use of <span class="dictionary">land</span>, whether or not title to such <span class="dictionary">land</span> is transferred to the user, or a lease of <span class="dictionary">land</span>, for personal residential purposes, (i) which is assignable by the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span> without the <span class="dictionary">obligee</span>&#x2019;s consent; (ii) which is for a term in excess of 15 years, including any rights of renewal at the option of the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span>; (iii) where the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span> has a present or future right to terminate such ground rent and to acquire the entire interest of the <span class="dictionary">obligee</span> in the <span class="dictionary">land</span> by the payment of a determined or determinable amount; and (iv) where the <span class="dictionary">obligee</span>&#x2019;s interest in the <span class="dictionary">land</span> is primarily a security interest to protect his right to be paid the rent or charge.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 363, &#xA7; 55-79.01; 1992, c. 438; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
