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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85397</law_id><section_number>55.1-2307</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-2349</reference><reference>54.1-2351</reference><reference>54.1-2352</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="23.1">Resale Disclosure Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;Agent&#x201D; means the authorized agent designated by the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> or <span class="dictionary">seller</span> in a <span class="dictionary">ratified real estate contract</span>, listing agreement, or other writing designating such agent.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Association</span>&#x201D; means an <span class="dictionary">association</span> created pursuant to the Property Owners&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">Association</span> Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1800/">55.1-1800</a> et seq.), the Virginia Condominium Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1900/">55.1-1900</a> et seq.), or the Virginia Real Estate Cooperative Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-2100/">55.1-2100</a> et seq.), or a council of co-owners created pursuant to the Horizontal Property Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-2000/">55.1-2000</a> et seq.).
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">board</span> of directors or executive <span class="dictionary">board</span>, of an <span class="dictionary">association</span>, except that in the case of a horizontal property regime created pursuant to the Horizontal Property Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-2000/">55.1-2000</a> et seq.), &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">board</span>&#x201D; means the council of co-owners.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Common interest community</span>&#x201D; means a condominium created pursuant to the Virginia Condominium Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1900/">55.1-1900</a> et seq.) or the Horizontal Property Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-2000/">55.1-2000</a> et seq.), a cooperative created pursuant to the Virginia Real Estate Cooperative Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-2100/">55.1-2100</a> et seq.), or a property owners&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">association</span> subject to the Property Owners&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">Association</span> Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1800/">55.1-1800</a> et seq.).
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Days</span>&#x201D; means calendar <span class="dictionary">days</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Declarant</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1800/">55.1-1800</a> and <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1900/">55.1-1900</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Financial update</span>&#x201D; means updated financial information for the <span class="dictionary">unit</span>, including information required by subdivisions A 4 and 5 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Resale certificate; form and contents" href="/55.1-2310/">55.1-2310</a>.
		&#x201C;Governing documents&#x201D; means, to the extent applicable, the declaration, bylaws, organizing articles, and any other foundational documents of the <span class="dictionary">association</span> and all amendments to such documents.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Limited elements</span>&#x201D; means the limited common elements appurtenant to a condominium <span class="dictionary">unit</span> or cooperative <span class="dictionary">unit</span> or the limited common area appurtenant to a lot.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Managing agent</span>&#x201D; means a licensee who performs management services as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-2345/">54.1-2345</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Purchaser</span>&#x201D; means the person or entity acquiring the <span class="dictionary">unit</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Ratified real estate contract</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;contract&#x201D; means the contract to purchase the <span class="dictionary">unit</span> and any addenda to such contract.
		&#x201C;Resale certificate&#x201D; means the information listed in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Resale certificate; form and contents" href="/55.1-2310/">55.1-2310</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Rules and regulations</span>&#x201D; means restrictions or limitations adopted by the <span class="dictionary">board</span> or authorized committee addressing the use, operation, <span class="dictionary">appearance</span>, or design of a portion of the <span class="dictionary">common interest community</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Seller</span>&#x201D; means the person or entity selling the <span class="dictionary">unit</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Settlement agent</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1000/">55.1-1000</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Unit</span>&#x201D; means a condominium <span class="dictionary">unit</span> in a condominium, a cooperative <span class="dictionary">unit</span> in a real estate cooperative, or a lot in a community governed by an <span class="dictionary">association</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Updated resale certificate</span>&#x201D; means an update of the resale certificate referenced in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Updated resale certificate; financial update" href="/55.1-2311/">55.1-2311</a>.</p></section></text><history>2023, cc. 387, 388.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
