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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58552</law_id><section_number>55.1-2130</section_number><catch_line>Master associations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2100</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> If the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> provides that any of the powers described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Executive board members and officers" href="/55.1-2134/">55.1-2134</a> are to be exercised by or may be delegated to a for-profit or nonprofit corporation or unincorporated <span class="dictionary">association</span> that exercises those or other powers on behalf of one or more <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> or for the benefit of the <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span> of one or more <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span>, all provisions of this chapter applicable to <span class="dictionary">associations</span> apply to any such corporation or unincorporated <span class="dictionary">association</span>, except as modified by this section. <a id="paragraph-214592" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2130/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Unless a <span class="dictionary">master association</span> is acting in the capacity of an association described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Organization of the association" href="/55.1-2132/">55.1-2132</a>, it may exercise the powers set forth in subdivision A 2 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers of the association" href="/55.1-2133/">55.1-2133</a> only to the extent expressly permitted in the <span class="dictionary">declarations</span> of the <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> that are part of the <span class="dictionary">master association</span> or expressly described in the delegations of power from those <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> to the <span class="dictionary">master association</span>. <a id="paragraph-214593" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2130/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> of any <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> provides that the <span class="dictionary">executive board</span> may delegate certain powers to a <span class="dictionary">master association</span>, the members of the <span class="dictionary">executive board</span> have no liability for the acts or omissions of the <span class="dictionary">master association</span> with respect to the delegated powers. <a id="paragraph-214594" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2130/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The rights and responsibilities of <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span> with respect to the association set forth in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Executive board members and officers" href="/55.1-2134/">55.1-2134</a>, <a class="law" title="Meetings" href="/55.1-2140/">55.1-2140</a>, <a class="law" title="Quorums" href="/55.1-2141/">55.1-2141</a>, <a class="law" title="Voting; proxies" href="/55.1-2142/">55.1-2142</a>, and <a class="law" title="Conveyance or encumbrance of the cooperative" href="/55.1-2144/">55.1-2144</a> apply in the conduct of the affairs of a <span class="dictionary">master association</span> only to those <span class="dictionary">persons</span> who elect the board of a <span class="dictionary">master association</span>, whether or not those <span class="dictionary">persons</span> are otherwise <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span> within the meaning of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-214595" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2130/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection F of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Executive board members and officers" href="/55.1-2134/">55.1-2134</a>, with respect to the election of the <span class="dictionary">executive board</span> of an association by all <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span> after the period of <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> control ends, and even if a <span class="dictionary">master association</span> is also an association as described in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Organization of the association" href="/55.1-2132/">55.1-2132</a>, the certificate of incorporation or other instrument creating the <span class="dictionary">master association</span> and the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> of each <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span>, the powers of which are assigned by the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> or delegated to the <span class="dictionary">master association</span>, may provide that the <span class="dictionary">executive board</span> of the <span class="dictionary">master association</span> must be elected after the period of <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> control in any of the following ways: <a id="paragraph-214596" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2130/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> All <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span> of all <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> subject to the <span class="dictionary">master association</span> may elect all members of that <span class="dictionary">executive board</span>. <a id="paragraph-214597" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2130/#E1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> All members of the <span class="dictionary">executive boards</span> of all <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> subject to the <span class="dictionary">master association</span> may elect all members of that <span class="dictionary">executive board</span>. <a id="paragraph-214598" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2130/#E2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> All <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span> of each <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> subject to the <span class="dictionary">master association</span> may elect specified members of that <span class="dictionary">executive board</span>. <a id="paragraph-214599" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2130/#E3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> All <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span> of the <span class="dictionary">executive board</span> of each <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> subject to the <span class="dictionary">master association</span> may elect specified members of that <span class="dictionary">executive board</span>. <a id="paragraph-214600" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2130/#E4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 277, &#xA7; 55-456; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
