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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74121</law_id><section_number>55.1-1918</section_number><catch_line>Reallocation of interests in 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><reference>55.1-1922</reference><reference>55.1-1924</reference><reference>55.1-1926</reference><reference>55.1-1940</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> If a condominium contains any <span class="dictionary">convertible land</span> or is an <span class="dictionary">expandable condominium</span>, then the declaration shall not allocate undivided interests in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> on the basis of <span class="dictionary">par value</span> unless the declaration: <a id="paragraph-266555" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1918/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Prohibits the creation of any <span class="dictionary">units</span> not substantially identical to the <span class="dictionary">units</span> depicted on the plats and plans recorded pursuant to subsections A and B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Contents of plats and plans" href="/55.1-1920/">55.1-1920</a>; or <a id="paragraph-266556" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1918/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Prohibits the creation of any <span class="dictionary">units</span> not described pursuant to subdivision B 6 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Contents of declaration" href="/55.1-1916/">55.1-1916</a>, in the case of <span class="dictionary">convertible lands</span>, and subdivision C 12 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Contents of declaration" href="/55.1-1916/">55.1-1916</a>, in the case of additional land, and contains from the outset a statement of the <span class="dictionary">par value</span> that shall be assigned to every such <span class="dictionary">unit</span> that may be created. <a id="paragraph-266557" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1918/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Interests in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> shall not be allocated to any <span class="dictionary">units</span> to be created within any <span class="dictionary">convertible land</span> or within any additional land until plats and plans depicting the same are recorded pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Contents of plats and plans" href="/55.1-1920/">55.1-1920</a>. But simultaneously with the recording of such plats and plans, the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> shall execute and record an amendment to the declaration reallocating undivided interests in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> so that the <span class="dictionary">units</span> depicted on such plats and plans shall be allocated undivided interests in the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> on the same basis as the <span class="dictionary">units</span> depicted on the plats and plans recorded simultaneously with the declaration pursuant to subsections A and B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Contents of plats and plans" href="/55.1-1920/">55.1-1920</a>. <a id="paragraph-266558" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1918/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If all of a <span class="dictionary">convertible space</span> is converted into common elements, including <span class="dictionary">limited common elements</span>, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to such space shall then appertain to the remaining <span class="dictionary">units</span>, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common elements. The principal <span class="dictionary">officer</span> of the <span class="dictionary">unit owners</span>&#x2019; association, or such other <span class="dictionary">officer</span> as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced by such conversion. <a id="paragraph-266559" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1918/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> In the case of a <span class="dictionary">leasehold condominium</span>, if the expiration or termination of any lease causes a contraction of the condominium that reduces the number of <span class="dictionary">units</span>, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to any <span class="dictionary">units</span> withdrawn from the condominium shall then appertain to the remaining <span class="dictionary">units</span>, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common elements. The principal <span class="dictionary">officer</span> of the <span class="dictionary">unit owners</span>&#x2019; association, or such other <span class="dictionary">officer</span> as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced by such contraction. <a id="paragraph-266560" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1918/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1974, c. 416, &#xA7; 55-79.56; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
