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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69933</law_id><section_number>55.1-2129</section_number><catch_line>Rights of secured lenders</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="2">Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Cooperatives</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> may require that all or a specified number or percentage of the lenders holding <span class="dictionary">security interests</span> encumbering the <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> approve specified actions of the <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span> or the <span class="dictionary">association</span> as a condition to the effectiveness of those actions, but no requirement for approval shall operate to (i) deny or delegate control over the general administrative affairs of the <span class="dictionary">association</span> by the <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span> or the <span class="dictionary">executive board</span>; (ii) prevent the <span class="dictionary">association</span> or the <span class="dictionary">executive board</span> from commencing, intervening in, or settling any <span class="dictionary">litigation</span> or proceeding; or (iii) receive and distribute any insurance proceeds except pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Insurance" href="/55.1-2145/">55.1-2145</a>.</p></section></text><history>1982, c. 277, &#xA7; 55-455; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
