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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55789</law_id><section_number>55.1-1924</section_number><catch_line>Conversion of convertible lands</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-1922</reference><reference>55.1-1926</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> may convert all or any portion of any <span class="dictionary">convertible land</span> into one or more <span class="dictionary">units</span> or <span class="dictionary">limited common elements</span> subject to any restrictions and limitations that the <span class="dictionary">condominium</span> instruments may specify. Any such conversion shall be deemed to have occurred at the time of the recordation of appropriate instruments pursuant to subsection B of this section and subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Contents of plats and plans" href="/55.1-1920/">55.1-1920</a>. <a id="paragraph-204383" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1924/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Simultaneously with the recording of plats and plans pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Contents of plats and plans" href="/55.1-1920/">55.1-1920</a>, the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration describing the conversion. Such amendment shall assign an <span class="dictionary">identifying number</span> to each <span class="dictionary">unit</span> formed out of a <span class="dictionary">convertible land</span> and shall reallocate undivided interests in the common elements in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Reallocation of interests in common elements" href="/55.1-1918/">55.1-1918</a>. Such amendment shall describe or delineate any <span class="dictionary">limited common elements</span> formed out of the <span class="dictionary">convertible land</span>, showing or designating the <span class="dictionary">unit</span> to which each is assigned. <a id="paragraph-204384" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1924/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> All <span class="dictionary">convertible lands</span> shall be deemed a part of the common elements except for such portions of such <span class="dictionary">convertible lands</span> as are converted in accordance with the provisions of this section. Until the expiration of the period during which conversion may occur or until actual conversion, whichever occurs first, the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> alone shall be liable for real estate taxes assessed against the <span class="dictionary">convertible land</span> and any improvements on such <span class="dictionary">convertible land</span> and all other expenses in connection with that real estate, and no other <span class="dictionary">unit owner</span> and no other portion of the <span class="dictionary">condominium</span> shall be subject to a claim for payment of those taxes or expenses, and, unless the declaration provides otherwise, any income or proceeds from the <span class="dictionary">convertible land</span> and any improvements on such <span class="dictionary">convertible land</span> shall inure to the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span>. No such conversion shall occur after 10 years from the recordation of the declaration, or such shorter period of time as the declaration may specify. <a id="paragraph-204385" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1924/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1974, c. 416, &#xA7; 55-79.61; 1975, c. 415; 1986, c. 324; 1991, c. 497; 1993, c. 45; 2012, c. 520; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
