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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56764</law_id><section_number>55.1-2105</section_number><catch_line>Eminent domain</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2101</reference><reference>55.1-2127</reference><reference>55.1-2145</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="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> If a <span class="dictionary">unit</span> is acquired by eminent domain, or if part of a <span class="dictionary">unit</span> is acquired by eminent domain leaving the <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessee</span> with a remnant that may not practically or lawfully be used for any purpose permitted by the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span>, the award for such <span class="dictionary">unit</span> shall include compensation to the <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessee</span> for the value of his <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span>. Upon acquisition, unless the <span class="dictionary">order</span> otherwise provides, that <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">allocated interests</span> are automatically reallocated to the remaining <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> in proportion to the respective <span class="dictionary">allocated interests</span> of those <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> before the taking, and the <span class="dictionary">association</span> shall promptly prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> reflecting the reallocations. Any remnant of a <span class="dictionary">unit</span> remaining after part of a <span class="dictionary">unit</span> is taken under this subsection is thereafter a common element. <a id="paragraph-207726" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2105/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as provided in subsection A, if part of a <span class="dictionary">unit</span> is acquired by eminent domain, the award for such <span class="dictionary">unit</span> shall compensate the <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessee</span> for the reduction in value of his <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span>. Unless the <span class="dictionary">order</span> provides otherwise, upon acquisition (i) that <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">allocated interests</span> are reduced in proportion to the reduction in the size of the <span class="dictionary">unit</span>, or on any other basis specified in the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span>, and (ii) the portion of the <span class="dictionary">allocated interests</span> divested from the <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span> of which the partially acquired <span class="dictionary">unit</span> is a part is automatically reallocated to that <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span> and the remaining <span class="dictionary">units</span> in proportion to the respective <span class="dictionary">allocated interests</span> of those <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> before the taking, with the <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span> of which the partially acquired <span class="dictionary">unit</span> is a part participating in the reallocation on the basis of its reduced <span class="dictionary">allocated interests</span>. <a id="paragraph-207727" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2105/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If part of the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> is acquired by eminent domain, the portion of the award attributable to the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> taken shall be paid to the <span class="dictionary">association</span>. Unless the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> provides otherwise, any portion of the award attributable to the acquisition of a <span class="dictionary">limited common element</span> shall be equally divided among the <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span> of the <span class="dictionary">units</span> to which that <span class="dictionary">limited common element</span> was allocated at the time of acquisition. <a id="paragraph-207728" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2105/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court order</span> shall be recorded in every county or city in which any portion of the cooperative is located. <a id="paragraph-207729" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2105/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 277, &#xA7; 55-430; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
