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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79622</law_id><section_number>59.1-333</section_number><catch_line>Nondisturbance provisions</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="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="25">Virginia Membership Camping Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Protection of Purchasers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>With respect to any property in this Commonwealth acquired and put into operation by a <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> after July 1, 1985, the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> shall neither offer nor execute a <span class="dictionary">membership camping contract</span> in this Commonwealth granting the right to use such property until:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">person</span> holding an interest in a <span class="dictionary">blanket encumbrance</span> shall have executed and delivered a <span class="dictionary">nondisturbance agreement</span> which includes the following provisions: (i) that the rights of the owner or owners of the <span class="dictionary">blanket encumbrance</span> in the affected <span class="dictionary">campground</span> are subordinate to the rights of <span class="dictionary">purchasers</span>, and (ii) that any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who acquires the affected <span class="dictionary">campground</span> or any portion thereof by the exercise of any right of sale or foreclosure contained in such agreement shall take the same subject to the rights of the <span class="dictionary">purchasers</span>, and (iii) that the owner or owners of the <span class="dictionary">blanket encumbrance</span> shall not use or cause the property to be used in any manner which interferes with the right of the <span class="dictionary">purchasers</span> to use the <span class="dictionary">campground</span> and its facilities in accordance with the terms and conditions of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping contract</span>. Such agreement shall be recorded in the clerk&#x2019;s office of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which the property is located; and <a id="paragraph-285303" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-333/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Every financial institution providing a major hypothecation loan to the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> (the &#x201C;hypothecation lender&#x201D;) which has a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> on, or security interest in the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span>&#x2019;s ownership interest in the <span class="dictionary">campground</span> shall have executed and delivered a <span class="dictionary">nondisturbance agreement</span> and recorded such agreement in the clerk&#x2019;s office of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">campground</span> is located. In addition, each <span class="dictionary">person</span> holding an interest in a <span class="dictionary">blanket encumbrance</span> superior to the interest held by the hypothecation lender shall have executed, delivered and recorded an instrument stating that such <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall give the hypothecation lender notice of, and at least thirty days to cure, any <span class="dictionary">default</span> under the <span class="dictionary">blanket encumbrance</span> before such <span class="dictionary">person</span> commences any foreclosure action affecting the <span class="dictionary">campground</span>. For the purposes of this provision, a major hypothecation loan to a <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> is a loan or line of credit secured by substantially all of the contracts receivable arising from the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span>&#x2019;s sale of <span class="dictionary">membership camping contracts</span>; or <a id="paragraph-285304" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-333/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> There shall have been delivered to and accepted by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> a <span class="dictionary">surety</span> <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or letter of credit satisfying the following requirements: The <span class="dictionary">surety</span> <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or letter of credit shall be issued to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> for the benefit of <span class="dictionary">purchasers</span> and shall be in an amount which is not less than 105 percent of the remaining principal balance of every indebtedness secured by a <span class="dictionary">blanket encumbrance</span> affecting the <span class="dictionary">campground</span>. Such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be issued by a <span class="dictionary">surety</span> authorized to do business in this Commonwealth and having sufficient net worth to satisfy the indebtedness. Such letter of credit shall be irrevocable and shall be drawn upon a bank, savings and loan, or financial institution and shall be in form and content acceptable to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or letter of credit shall provide for payment of all amounts secured by the <span class="dictionary">blanket encumbrance</span>, including costs, expenses, and legal fees of the <span class="dictionary">lien</span> <span class="dictionary">holder</span>, if for any reason the <span class="dictionary">blanket encumbrance</span> is enforced. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or letter of credit may be reduced at the option of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> periodically in proportion to the reductions of the amounts secured by the <span class="dictionary">blanket encumbrance</span>. <a id="paragraph-285305" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-333/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">nondisturbance agreement</span> may be amended provided the provisions of this section are not diminished or altered by the amendment. <a id="paragraph-285306" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-333/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 409.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
