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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63274</law_id><section_number>55.1-1600</section_number><catch_line>Form of a lease</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="16">Leases</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A lease may be made in a form substantially similar to the following: &#x201C;This lease, made the ____ day of ______, in the year ____, between (herein insert the names of parties), witnesseth: that the said ______ does (or do) demise unto the said ______, his personal representative and assigns, all (here describe the property) from the ____ day of ______, for the term of ______, thence ensuing, yielding therefor during the said term the rent of (here state the rent and mode of payment). <span class="dictionary">Witness</span> the following signature (or signatures).&#x201D;</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5165; Code 1950, &#xA7; 55-57; 2019, cc. 11, 49, 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
