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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66972</law_id><section_number>55.1-2118</section_number><catch_line>Allocation of ownership interests, votes, and common expense liabilities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2100</reference><reference>55.1-2116</reference><reference>55.1-2117</reference><reference>55.1-2146</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="2">Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Cooperatives</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> shall allocate an ownership interest in the <span class="dictionary">association</span> a fraction or percentage of the <span class="dictionary">common expenses</span> of the <span class="dictionary">association</span> and a portion of the votes in the <span class="dictionary">association</span>, or to each <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span> in the cooperative, and state the formulas used to establish those allocations. Those allocations shall not discriminate in favor of <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> owned by the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> or an affiliate of the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span>. <a id="paragraph-242775" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2118/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If <span class="dictionary">units</span> may be added to or withdrawn from the cooperative, the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> shall state the formulas to be used to reallocate the <span class="dictionary">allocated interests</span> among all <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> included in the cooperative after the addition or withdrawal. <a id="paragraph-242776" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2118/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> may provide (i) that different allocations of votes shall be made to the <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> on particular matters specified in the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span>, (ii) for cumulative voting only for the purpose of electing members of the <span class="dictionary">executive board</span>, and (iii) for class voting on specified <span class="dictionary">issues</span> affecting the class if necessary to protect valid interests of the class. No <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> shall utilize cumulative or class voting for the purpose of evading any limitation imposed on <span class="dictionary">declarants</span> by this chapter, nor shall <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> constitute a class because they are owned by a <span class="dictionary">declarant</span>. <a id="paragraph-242777" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2118/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Except for <span class="dictionary">minor</span> variations due to rounding, the sum of the common expense liabilities allocated at any time to all the <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> must equal one if stated as a fraction or 100 percent if stated as a percentage. In the event of a discrepancy between an allocated interest and the result derived from application of the pertinent formula, the allocated interest prevails. <a id="paragraph-242778" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2118/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Any purported conveyance, encumbrance, judicial sale, or other voluntary or involuntary transfer of the ownership interest in the <span class="dictionary">association</span> made without the possessory interest in the <span class="dictionary">unit</span> to which that interest is related is void. <a id="paragraph-242779" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2118/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 277, &#xA7; 55-444; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
