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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85587</law_id><section_number>55.1-1802</section_number><catch_line>Developer to register and file annual report; payment of real estate taxes attributable to the common area</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-3284.1</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="IV">Common Interest Communities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="18">Property Owners' Association Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Unless control of the <span class="dictionary">association</span> has been transferred to the members, the developer shall register the <span class="dictionary">association</span> with the <span class="dictionary">Common Interest Community</span> Board within 30 days after recordation of the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> and thereafter shall ensure that the report required pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Annual report by association" href="/55.1-1835/">55.1-1835</a> and any required update has been filed. <a id="paragraph-306604" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1802/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon the transfer of the <span class="dictionary">common area</span> to the <span class="dictionary">association</span>, the developer shall pay all real estate taxes attributable to the open or common space as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Assessment of lots and open spaces in certain planned development subdivisions" href="/58.1-3284.1/">58.1-3284.1</a> through the date of the transfer to the <span class="dictionary">association</span>. <a id="paragraph-306605" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1802/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 956, &#xA7; 55-509.1; 2018, c. 733; 2019, c. 712; 2023, cc. 387, 388.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
