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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80253</law_id><section_number>55.1-2101</section_number><catch_line>Applicability</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="21">Virginia Real Estate Cooperative Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> This chapter applies to all <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> created within the Commonwealth after July 1, 1982. Unless the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> provides that the entire chapter is applicable, such a <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> is subject only to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Applicability of local ordinances, regulations, and building codes; local authority" href="/55.1-2104/">55.1-2104</a> and <a class="law" title="Eminent domain" href="/55.1-2105/">55.1-2105</a> if the <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> contains only <span class="dictionary">units</span> restricted to nonresidential use or contains no more than three <span class="dictionary">units</span> and is not subject to any <span class="dictionary">development rights</span>. <a id="paragraph-287297" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2101/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as provided in subsection C, &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-2100/">55.1-2100</a>, <a class="law" title="Applicability of local ordinances, regulations, and building codes; local authority" href="/55.1-2104/">55.1-2104</a>, <a class="law" title="Eminent domain" href="/55.1-2105/">55.1-2105</a>, <a class="law" title="Unconscionable agreement or term of contract" href="/55.1-2109/">55.1-2109</a>, <a class="law" title="Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws" href="/55.1-2114/">55.1-2114</a>, and <a class="law" title="Merger or consolidation of cooperatives" href="/55.1-2131/">55.1-2131</a>, subdivisions A 1 through 6 and 11 through 17 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers of the association" href="/55.1-2133/">55.1-2133</a>, and &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Tort and contract liability" href="/55.1-2143/">55.1-2143</a>, <a class="law" title="Remedies for nonpayment of assessments; lien; foreclosure" href="/55.1-2148/">55.1-2148</a>, <a class="law" title="Association records" href="/55.1-2151/">55.1-2151</a>, <a class="law" title="Effect of violation on rights of action; attorney fees; arbitration of disputes" href="/55.1-2169/">55.1-2169</a>, <a class="law" title="Labeling of promotional material" href="/55.1-2170/">55.1-2170</a>, and <a class="law" title="Resale certificate; delivery" href="/55.1-2309/">55.1-2309</a> apply to all <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> created in the Commonwealth before July 1, 1982. Those sections apply only with respect to events and circumstances occurring after July 1, 1982, and do not invalidate existing provisions of the <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> documents of those <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span>. With regard to any <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> created before July 1, 1982, &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Applicability of local ordinances, regulations, and building codes; local authority" href="/55.1-2104/">55.1-2104</a> applies only to <span class="dictionary">real estate</span> acquired by that <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">association</span> on or after that date. For the purposes of this section, a <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> was created before July 1, 1982, if the <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> was conveyed to the <span class="dictionary">association</span> before that date. <a id="paragraph-287298" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2101/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> created within the Commonwealth before July 1, 1982, contains no more than three <span class="dictionary">units</span> and is not subject to any <span class="dictionary">development rights</span>, it is subject only to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Applicability of local ordinances, regulations, and building codes; local authority" href="/55.1-2104/">55.1-2104</a> and <a class="law" title="Eminent domain" href="/55.1-2105/">55.1-2105</a>, unless the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> is amended to make any or all of the sections enumerated in subsection B apply to that <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span>. <a id="paragraph-287299" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2101/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> This chapter does not apply to <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> or <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> located outside the Commonwealth, but the public <span class="dictionary">offering</span> statement provisions as given in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Applicability; waiver" href="/55.1-2153/">55.1-2153</a> through <a class="law" title="Purchaser's right to cancel" href="/55.1-2160/">55.1-2160</a> apply to all <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> for the <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> signed in the Commonwealth by any <span class="dictionary">party</span>, unless exempt under subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Applicability; waiver" href="/55.1-2153/">55.1-2153</a>. The Common Interest Community Board regulations provisions under Article 5 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Common Interest Community Board" href="/55.1-2173/">55.1-2173</a> et seq.) apply to any such <span class="dictionary">offering</span> in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-287300" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2101/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> This chapter does not apply to any <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> that receive federal funding pursuant to the public housing or &#xA7; 8 program under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended. <a id="paragraph-287301" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2101/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> This chapter does not apply to any cooperative that, when acquired by an <span class="dictionary">association</span>, is subject to a mortgage or deed of trust securing an indebtedness owed to any government or governmental authority to which the <span class="dictionary">association</span> has contractual obligations in addition to those set forth in such mortgage or deed of trust. <a id="paragraph-287302" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2101/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 277, &#xA7; 55-425; 1983, c. 312; 1986, cc. 368, 557; 2019, c. 712; 2023, cc. 387, 388.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
