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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74592</law_id><section_number>55.1-2138</section_number><catch_line>Upkeep of cooperative</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><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="3">Management of Cooperatives</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except to the extent otherwise provided by the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span>, by subsection B, or by subsection G of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Insurance" href="/55.1-2145/">55.1-2145</a>, the <span class="dictionary">association</span> is responsible for maintenance, repair, and replacement of the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span>, and each <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessee</span> is responsible for maintenance, repair, and replacement of his <span class="dictionary">unit</span>. Each <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessee</span> shall afford to the <span class="dictionary">association</span> and the other <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessees</span>, and to their agents or employees, access through his <span class="dictionary">unit</span> reasonably necessary for those purposes. If damage is inflicted on the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> or on any <span class="dictionary">unit</span> through which access is taken, the <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessee</span> responsible for the damage, or the <span class="dictionary">association</span> if it is responsible, is liable for the prompt repair and all costs associated with such repair. <a id="paragraph-268068" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2138/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In addition to the liability that a <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> as a <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessee</span> has under this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> alone is liable for all expenses in connection with <span class="dictionary">real estate</span> subject to <span class="dictionary">development rights</span>. No other <span class="dictionary">proprietary lessee</span> and no other portion of the <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> is subject to a claim for payment of those expenses. Unless the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> provides otherwise, any income or proceeds from <span class="dictionary">real estate</span> subject to <span class="dictionary">development rights</span> inures to the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span>. <a id="paragraph-268069" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2138/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 277, &#xA7; 55-464; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
