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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60125</law_id><section_number>55.1-1908</section_number><catch_line>Release of liens</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>43-3</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="19">Virginia Condominium Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> At the time of the conveyance to the first <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> of a <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span> following the recordation of the declaration, every mortgage, deed of trust, any other perfected <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, or any mechanics&#x2019; or materialmen&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">liens</span> affecting all of the condominium or a greater portion of the condominium than the <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span> conveyed shall be paid and satisfied of record, or the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> shall forthwith have such <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span> released of record from all such <span class="dictionary">liens</span> not so paid and satisfied. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply, however, to any withdrawable <span class="dictionary">land</span> in a <span class="dictionary">contractable condominium</span>, nor shall any provision of this subsection be construed to prohibit the <span class="dictionary">unit owners</span>&#x2019; association from mortgaging or causing a deed of trust to be placed on any portion of the condominium within which no units are located, so long as the period of <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> control specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Control of condominium by declarant" href="/55.1-1943/">55.1-1943</a> has expired and so long as the bylaws authorize such action. This subsection does not apply to any <span class="dictionary">lien</span> on more than one <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span> in a condominium in which all units are restricted to nonresidential use and in which all <span class="dictionary">unit owners</span> whose <span class="dictionary">condominium units</span> will be subject to such <span class="dictionary">lien</span> expressly agree to assume or take subject to such <span class="dictionary">lien</span>. <a id="paragraph-219997" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1908/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If any <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, other than a deed of trust or mortgage, becomes effective against two or more <span class="dictionary">condominium units</span> subsequent to the creation of the condominium, any <span class="dictionary">unit owner</span> may remove his <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span> from that <span class="dictionary">lien</span> by payment of the amount attributable to his <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span>. Such amount shall be computed by reference to the liability for <span class="dictionary">common expenses</span> appertaining to that <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span> pursuant to subsection D of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Liability for common expenses; late fees; additional assessment; authority to borrow" href="/55.1-1964/">55.1-1964</a>. Subsequent to such payment, discharge, or other satisfaction, the <span class="dictionary">unit owner</span> of that <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span> shall be entitled to have that <span class="dictionary">lien</span> released as to his <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span> in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Partial satisfaction" href="/55.1-341/">55.1-341</a>, and the <span class="dictionary">unit owners</span>&#x2019; association shall not assess, or have a valid <span class="dictionary">lien</span> against, that <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span> for any portion of the <span class="dictionary">common expenses</span> incurred in connection with that <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Liability for common expenses; late fees; additional assessment; authority to borrow" href="/55.1-1964/">55.1-1964</a> and <a class="law" title="Lien for assessments; foreclosure" href="/55.1-1966/">55.1-1966</a>. <a id="paragraph-219998" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1908/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1974, c. 416, &#xA7; 55-79.46; 1985, c. 107; 1992, c. 72; 1993, c. 667; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
