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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85949</law_id><section_number>55.1-2166</section_number><catch_line>Implied 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> A <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> and any <span class="dictionary">person</span> in the business of selling <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> for his own account warrant that a <span class="dictionary">unit</span> will be in at least as good condition at the earlier of the time of the conveyance of a <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span> or delivery of <span class="dictionary">possession</span> as it was at the time of contracting, reasonable wear and tear excepted. <a id="paragraph-307833" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2166/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> and any <span class="dictionary">person</span> in the business of selling <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> for his own account impliedly warrant that a <span class="dictionary">unit</span> and the <span class="dictionary">common elements</span> in the cooperative are suitable for the ordinary uses of <span class="dictionary">real estate</span> of its type and that any improvements made or contracted for by him or made by any <span class="dictionary">person</span> before the creation of the cooperative will be: <a id="paragraph-307834" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2166/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Free from defective <span class="dictionary">materials</span>; and <a id="paragraph-307835" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2166/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Constructed in accordance with applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span>, according to sound engineering and construction standards, and in a workmanlike manner. <a id="paragraph-307836" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2166/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In addition, a <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> and any <span class="dictionary">person</span> in the business of selling <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> for his own account warrant to a <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> of a <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span> for a <span class="dictionary">unit</span> that may be used for residential use that an existing use, continuation of which is contemplated by the parties, does not violate applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span> at the earlier of the time of conveyance or delivery of <span class="dictionary">possession</span>. <a id="paragraph-307837" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2166/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Warranties imposed by this section may be excluded or modified as specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality" href="/55.1-2167/">55.1-2167</a>. <a id="paragraph-307838" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2166/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> For purposes of this section, improvements made or contracted for by an <span class="dictionary">affiliate of a declarant</span> are made or contracted for by the declarant. <a id="paragraph-307839" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2166/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> Any conveyance of a <span class="dictionary">cooperative interest</span> transfers to the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> all of the declarant&#x2019;s implied warranties of quality. <a id="paragraph-307840" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2166/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 277, &#xA7; 55-489; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
