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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54855</law_id><section_number>55.1-1807</section_number><catch_line>Statement of lot owner 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="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><p>Every <span class="dictionary">lot owner</span> who is a member in good standing of a property owners&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">association</span> shall have the following rights:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The right of access to all books and records kept by or on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">association</span> according to and subject to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Access to association records; association meetings; notice" href="/55.1-1815/">55.1-1815</a>, including records of all financial transactions; <a id="paragraph-201260" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1807/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The right to cast a vote on any matter requiring a vote by the <span class="dictionary">association</span>&#x2019;s membership in proportion to the <span class="dictionary">lot owner</span>&#x2019;s ownership interest, unless the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> provides otherwise; <a id="paragraph-201261" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1807/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The right to have notice of any meeting of the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span>, to make a record of any such meeting by audio or visual means, and to participate in any such meeting in accordance with the provisions of subsection G of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Access to association records; association meetings; notice" href="/55.1-1815/">55.1-1815</a> and &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Meetings of the board of directors" href="/55.1-1816/">55.1-1816</a>; <a id="paragraph-201262" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1807/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The right to have (i) notice of any proceeding conducted by the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> or other tribunal specified in the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> against the <span class="dictionary">lot owner</span> to enforce any rule or regulation of the <span class="dictionary">association</span> and (ii) the opportunity to be heard and represented by <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> at such proceeding, as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Adoption and enforcement of rules" href="/55.1-1819/">55.1-1819</a>, and the right of <span class="dictionary">due process</span> in the conduct of that <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>; and <a id="paragraph-201263" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1807/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The right to serve on the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> if duly elected and a member in good standing of the <span class="dictionary">association</span>, unless the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> provides otherwise.
			The rights enumerated in this section shall be enforceable by any such <span class="dictionary">lot owner</span> pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Compliance with declaration" href="/55.1-1828/">55.1-1828</a>. <a id="paragraph-201264" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1807/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, c. 286, &#xA7; 55-509.3:2; 2018, c. 663; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
