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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74325</law_id><section_number>55.1-2003</section_number><catch_line>Establishment of horizontal property regime</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2008</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="20">Horizontal Property Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Creation and Alteration of Horizontal Property Regimes</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A horizontal <span class="dictionary">property</span> regime is established when a <span class="dictionary">developer</span>, the sole owner, or the <span class="dictionary">co-owners</span> of one or more buildings record a <span class="dictionary">master deed</span> or lease, which includes the particulars enumerated in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Master deed or lease; recordation; particulars" href="/55.1-2008/">55.1-2008</a>. <a id="paragraph-267213" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2003/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application and construction of chapter" href="/55.1-1901/">55.1-1901</a>, this chapter is superseded by the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Condominium</span> Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1900/">55.1-1900</a> et seq.) as of July 1, 1974. No new developments may be established under the provisions of this chapter after that date. <a id="paragraph-267214" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2003/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1962, c. 627, &#xA7; 3, &#xA7; 55-79.3; 1966, c. 683; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
