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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57993</law_id><section_number>55.1-2176</section_number><catch_line>Application for registration; approval of uncompleted unit</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2164</reference><reference>55.1-2172</reference><reference>55.1-2179</reference><reference>55.1-2184</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="5">Administration and Registration of Cooperatives</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> An application for registration must contain the information and be accompanied by any reasonable fees required by the Common Interest Community Board&#x2019;s regulations. A <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> promptly shall file amendments to report any factual or expected <span class="dictionary">material</span> change in any document or information contained in his application. <a id="paragraph-212426" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2176/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> files with the Common Interest Community Board a <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> or proposed <span class="dictionary">declaration</span>, or an amendment or proposed amendment to a <span class="dictionary">declaration</span>, creating <span class="dictionary">units</span> for which he proposes to convey <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> before the <span class="dictionary">units</span> are substantially completed in the manner required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Substantial completion of units" href="/55.1-2172/">55.1-2172</a>, the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> shall also file with the Common Interest Community Board: <a id="paragraph-212427" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2176/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A verified statement showing all costs involved in completing the buildings containing those <span class="dictionary">units</span>; <a id="paragraph-212428" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2176/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A verified estimate of the time of completion of construction of the buildings containing those <span class="dictionary">units</span>; <a id="paragraph-212429" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2176/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Satisfactory <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of sufficient funds to cover all costs to complete the buildings containing those <span class="dictionary">units</span>; <a id="paragraph-212430" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2176/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A copy of the executed construction <span class="dictionary">contract</span> and any other <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> for the completion of the buildings containing those <span class="dictionary">units</span>; <a id="paragraph-212431" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2176/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A 100 percent payment and performance <span class="dictionary">bond</span> covering the entire cost of construction of the buildings containing those <span class="dictionary">units</span>; <a id="paragraph-212432" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2176/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Plans for the <span class="dictionary">units</span>; <a id="paragraph-212433" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2176/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> If <span class="dictionary">purchasers</span>&#x2019; funds are to be utilized for the construction of the cooperative, an executed copy of the escrow agreement with an escrow company or financial institution authorized to do business within the state that provides:
				a. That disbursements of <span class="dictionary">purchasers</span>&#x2019; funds may be made from time to time to pay for construction of the cooperative, architectural, and engineering costs, finance and legal fees, and other costs for the completion of the cooperative in proportion to the value of the work completed by the contractor as certified by an independent, registered architect or engineer, on bills submitted and approved by the lender of construction funds or the escrow agent;
				b. That disbursement of the balance of <span class="dictionary">purchasers</span>&#x2019; funds remaining after completion of the cooperative shall be made only when the escrow agent or lender receives satisfactory <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that the period for filing mechanic&#x2019;s and materialman&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">liens</span> has expired, or that the right to claim those <span class="dictionary">liens</span> has been waived, or that adequate provision has been made for satisfaction of any claimed mechanic&#x2019;s or materialman&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">lien</span>; and
				c. Any other restriction relative to the retention and disbursement of <span class="dictionary">purchasers</span>&#x2019; funds required by the Common Interest Community Board; and <a id="paragraph-212434" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2176/#B7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Any other <span class="dictionary">materials</span> or information the agency may require by its regulations.
				The Common Interest Community Board shall not register the <span class="dictionary">units</span> described in the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> or the amendment unless the Common Interest Community Board determines, on the basis of the <span class="dictionary">material</span> submitted by the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> and any other information available to the Common Interest Community Board, that there is a reasonable basis to expect that the <span class="dictionary">cooperative interests</span> to be conveyed will be completed by the <span class="dictionary">declarant</span> following conveyance. <a id="paragraph-212435" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2176/#B8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 277, &#xA7; 55-498; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
