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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68135</law_id><section_number>55.1-2314</section_number><catch_line>Failure to provide resale certificate; no waiver</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If an <span class="dictionary">association</span>, the <span class="dictionary">association</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">managing agent</span>, or any third <span class="dictionary">party</span> preparing a resale certificate fails to comply with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Resale certificate; form and contents" href="/55.1-2310/">55.1-2310</a> or <a class="law" title="Updated resale certificate; financial update" href="/55.1-2311/">55.1-2311</a>, the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> shall not be required to pay any delinquent assessments or remedy any violation of the governing documents or <span class="dictionary">rules and regulations</span> existing as of the date of the resale certificate or <span class="dictionary">updated resale certificate</span>. The <span class="dictionary">association</span> may only enforce a violation incurred by a previous owner against a <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> if (i) such violation has been properly noted in the resale certificate or <span class="dictionary">updated resale certificate</span> or (ii) the <span class="dictionary">seller</span> failed to provide the resale certificate to the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> as required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Resale certificate; delivery" href="/55.1-2309/">55.1-2309</a>. <a id="paragraph-246646" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2314/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> shall abide by the governing documents and <span class="dictionary">rules and regulations</span> as to all matters arising after acquiring the <span class="dictionary">unit</span> regardless of whether such <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> received a resale certificate. <a id="paragraph-246647" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2314/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The preparer of the resale certificate or <span class="dictionary">updated resale certificate</span> shall be liable to the <span class="dictionary">seller</span> in an amount equal to the actual <span class="dictionary">damages</span> sustained by the <span class="dictionary">seller</span> in an amount not to exceed $1,000. <a id="paragraph-246648" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2314/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Common Interest Community</span> <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may assess a monetary <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> for failure to deliver the resale certificate or <span class="dictionary">updated resale certificate</span> as required against any (i) <span class="dictionary">association</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="General powers and duties of Board concerning associations" href="/54.1-2351/">54.1-2351</a> or (ii) <span class="dictionary">common interest community</span> manager pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers and duties of the Board" href="/54.1-2349/">54.1-2349</a> and regulations promulgated thereto, and may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a cease and desist <span class="dictionary">order</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers and duties of the Board" href="/54.1-2349/">54.1-2349</a> or <a class="law" title="Cease and desist orders" href="/54.1-2352/">54.1-2352</a>. <a id="paragraph-246649" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2314/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2023, cc. 387, 388.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
