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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62387</law_id><section_number>55.1-1921</section_number><catch_line>Bond to insure completion of improvements</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-1920</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 <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> shall file with the Common Interest Community Board a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> entered into by the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> in the sum of 100 percent of the estimated cost of completion, to the extent of the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span>&#x2019;s obligation as stated in the declaration, of all improvements to the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> of the condominium labeled in the plat or plats as &#x201C;NOT YET COMPLETED&#x201D; or &#x201C;NOT YET BEGUN&#x201D; located upon submitted <span class="dictionary">land</span> and which the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> reasonably believes will not be substantially complete at the time of conveyance of the first <span class="dictionary">condominium unit</span>. Such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span>&#x2019;s obligation to complete such improvements in strict conformity with the plans and specifications for the same as described in the declaration. <a id="paragraph-227517" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1921/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> shall file with the Common Interest Community Board a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> entered into by the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> in the sum of 100 percent of the estimated cost of completion of a unit in which a time-share interest is conveyed before the unit has been certified as substantially complete in accordance with subsections A and B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Contents of plats and plans" href="/55.1-1920/">55.1-1920</a>. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> required by this subsection shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span>&#x2019;s obligation to complete such improvements in strict conformity with the plans and specifications for the same as described in the declaration. <a id="paragraph-227518" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1921/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> All <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> required in this section shall be executed by a <span class="dictionary">surety</span> company authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth or by such other <span class="dictionary">surety</span> as is satisfactory to the Board. <a id="paragraph-227519" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1921/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The Board may promulgate reasonable regulations that govern the return of <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> submitted in accordance with this section. <a id="paragraph-227520" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1921/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1977, c. 428, &#xA7; 55-79.58:1; 1988, c. 15; 1999, c. 560; 2008, cc. 851, 871; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
