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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86681</law_id><section_number>55.1-2237</section_number><catch_line>Protection of lien holder</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2201</reference><reference>55.1-2231</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="22">Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Financing</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">lien holder</span> of a time-share interest in any <span class="dictionary">time-share program</span> shall have the following rights:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">lien holder</span> shall have its lien rights preserved as against any <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> of a time-share who claims that the <span class="dictionary">time-share instrument</span> is invalid, void, or voidable, 30 days after written notice by certified mail or personal delivery has been given by the <span class="dictionary">developer</span> or <span class="dictionary">lien holder</span> to the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span>. The notice shall state that the <span class="dictionary">developer</span> has assigned the receivables to the <span class="dictionary">lien holder</span> and that the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> has 30 days within which to <span class="dictionary">object</span> and specify the invalidity or defect contained within such <span class="dictionary">time-share instrument</span>. The notice required by this section may be included in the blanket encumbrance, in the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, or in any <span class="dictionary">note</span>, <span class="dictionary">deed of trust</span>, or mortgage executed by the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> in connection with the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span>&#x2019;s deferred purchase of a time-share. <a id="paragraph-310426" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2237/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> who fails to indicate that the <span class="dictionary">time-share instrument</span> is invalid, void, or voidable as provided in subdivision 1 <span class="dictionary">waives</span>, or is estopped to raise, the same in any subsequent enforcement of the collection of the receivable by the <span class="dictionary">lien holder</span>. <a id="paragraph-310427" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2237/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 462, &#xA7; 55-389; 1985, c. 517; 1998, c. 460; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
