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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69117</law_id><section_number>55.1-1917</section_number><catch_line>Allocation of interests in the common elements</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-1900</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> The declaration may allocate to each unit depicted on plats and plans that comply with subsections A and B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Contents of plats and plans" href="/55.1-1920/">55.1-1920</a> an undivided interest in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> proportionate to either the <span class="dictionary">size</span> or <span class="dictionary">par value</span> of each unit. If <span class="dictionary">par value</span> is stated in terms of dollars, that statement shall not be deemed to reflect or control the sales price or fair market value of any unit, and no <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>, appraisal, or fair market transaction at a different figure shall affect the <span class="dictionary">par value</span> of any unit or any undivided interest in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span>, voting rights in the <span class="dictionary">unit owners</span>&#x2019; association, or liability for <span class="dictionary">common expenses</span> assigned on the basis of such <span class="dictionary">par value</span>. <a id="paragraph-250121" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1917/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the basis for allocation provided in subsection A is not used, then the declaration shall allocate to each such unit an equal undivided interest in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span>, subject to the following exception: Each <span class="dictionary">convertible space</span> so depicted shall be allocated an undivided interest in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> proportionate to the <span class="dictionary">size</span> of each such space, vis-a-vis the aggregate <span class="dictionary">size</span> of all <span class="dictionary">units</span> so depicted, while the remaining undivided interest in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> shall be allocated equally to the other <span class="dictionary">units</span> so depicted. <a id="paragraph-250122" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1917/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The undivided interests in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> allocated in accordance with subsection A or B shall add up to 1 if stated as fractions or 100 percent if stated as percentages. <a id="paragraph-250123" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1917/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If, in accordance with subsection A or B, an equal undivided interest in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> is allocated to each unit, the declaration may state that <span class="dictionary">fact</span> and need not express the fraction or percentage so allocated. <a id="paragraph-250124" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1917/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Unless an equal undivided interest in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> is allocated to each unit, the undivided interest allocated to each unit in accordance with subsection A or B shall be reflected by a table in the declaration, or by an exhibit to the declaration, containing three columns. The first column shall identify the <span class="dictionary">units</span>, listing them serially or grouping them together in the case of <span class="dictionary">units</span> to which identical undivided interests are allocated. Corresponding figures in the second and third columns shall set forth the respective areas or <span class="dictionary">par values</span> of those <span class="dictionary">units</span> and the fraction or percentage of undivided interest in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> allocated to such <span class="dictionary">units</span>. <a id="paragraph-250125" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1917/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided by this chapter, the undivided interest in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> allocated to any unit shall not be altered, and any purported transfer, encumbrance, or other <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of that interest without the unit to which it appertains is void. <a id="paragraph-250126" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1917/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="G"><p><span class="prefix-number">G.</span> The <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> shall not be subject to any action for <span class="dictionary">partition</span> until and unless the <span class="dictionary">condominium</span> is terminated. <a id="paragraph-250127" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1917/#G"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1974, c. 416, &#xA7; 55-79.55; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
