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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84401</law_id><section_number>55.1-2165</section_number><catch_line>Express warranties of quality</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2168</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="4">Protection of Cooperative Purchasers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Express warranties made by any seller to a <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> of a <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span>, if relied upon by the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span>, are created as follows: <a id="paragraph-302491" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2165/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any affirmation of <span class="dictionary">fact</span> or promise that relates to the <span class="dictionary">unit</span>, its use, or rights appurtenant to such <span class="dictionary">unit</span>, area improvements to the cooperative that would directly benefit the <span class="dictionary">unit</span>, or the right to use or have the benefit of facilities not located in the cooperative creates an express warranty that the <span class="dictionary">unit</span> and related rights and uses will conform to the affirmation or promise; <a id="paragraph-302492" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2165/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any model or description of the physical characteristics of the cooperative, including plans and specifications of or for improvements, creates an express warranty that the cooperative will conform to the model or description; <a id="paragraph-302493" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2165/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any description of the quantity or extent of the <span class="dictionary">real estate</span> comprising the cooperative, including plats or surveys, creates an express warranty that the cooperative will conform to the description, subject to customary tolerances; and <a id="paragraph-302494" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2165/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A provision that a buyer of a <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span> may put a <span class="dictionary">unit</span> that is part of that <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span> only to a specified use is an express warranty that the specified use is lawful. <a id="paragraph-302495" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2165/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Neither formal words, such as &#x201C;warranty&#x201D; or &#x201C;guarantee,&#x201D; nor a specific intention to make a warranty is necessary to create an express warranty of quality, but a statement purporting to be merely an <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> or commendation of the <span class="dictionary">real estate</span> or its value does not create a warranty. <a id="paragraph-302496" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2165/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any conveyance of a <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span> transfers to the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> all express warranties of quality made by previous sellers. <a id="paragraph-302497" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2165/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 277, &#xA7; 55-488; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
