                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY (§ 15.2-7508)

A. The land bank entity shall hold in its own name all real property acquired by
the land bank entity regardless of the identity of the transferor of such
property.

B. The land bank entity shall maintain and make available for public review and
inspection an inventory of all real property held by the land bank entity.

C. The land bank entity shall determine and set forth in policies and procedures
of its board the general terms and conditions for consideration to be received
by the land bank entity for the transfer of real property and interests in real
property, which consideration may take the form of monetary payments and secured
financial obligations, covenants, and conditions related to the present and
future use of the property; contractual commitments of the transferee; and such
other forms of consideration as determined by the land bank entity to be in the
best interest of the land bank entity.

D. The land bank entity may convey, exchange, sell, transfer, lease as lessee,
grant, and release any and all interests in, upon, or to real property of the
land bank entity.

E. A locality may, in its ordinance creating a land bank entity:

   1. Establish a ranking of priorities for the use of real property conveyed by
   a land bank entity, including (i) use for purely public spaces and places;
   (ii) use for affordable housing; (iii) use for retail, commercial, or
   industrial activities; (iv) preservation or rehabilitation of historic
   properties within historic areas as defined in &#xA7; 15.2-2201; and (v) such
   other uses and in such priority as determined by the participating locality;

   2. Require that any particular form of disposition of real property, or any
   disposition of real property located within specified jurisdictions, be
   subject to specified voting and approval requirements of the board. Except and
   unless restricted or constrained in this manner, the board may delegate to
   officers and employees of the land bank entity the authority to enter into and
   execute agreements, instruments of conveyance, and all other related documents
   pertaining to the conveyance of real property by the land bank entity; and

   3. Require that the acquisition, management, and disposition of any historic
   property as designated by the locality in accordance with &#xA7; 15.2-2306 or
   within a historic area as defined in &#xA7; 15.2-2201 be considered subject to
   the requirements of &#xA7; 15.2-2306.

HISTORY: 2016, cc. 159, 383.