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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86255</law_id><section_number>55.1-1504</section_number><catch_line>Redemption rights</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>The <span class="dictionary">obligor</span> shall have the right to redeem a <span class="dictionary">residential ground rent</span> at any time after three years from the date the ground rent agreement is made. The <span class="dictionary">redemption</span> shall be effected for the amount agreed upon by the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span> and the <span class="dictionary">obligee</span> or, in the absence of such an agreement, shall be determined by capitalizing the ground rent in effect at the time of <span class="dictionary">redemption</span>, using the average rate on long-term business loans charged by commercial banks in the southeast, as published by the Federal Reserve Board. Upon tender of such amount by the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span>, together with any lawfully collectible arrearages of rent and interest thereon, the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span> may redeem the <span class="dictionary">land</span> from, and shall be entitled to a release from, all obligation to pay ground rent. Such release shall be in recordable form and the cost of recording the same, together with any other charges incidental to it, other than the state transfer tax, shall be paid by the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 363, &#xA7; 55-79.05; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
