                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTICE (§ 55.1-1202)

A. If the rental agreement so provides, the landlord and tenant may send notices
in electronic form; however, any tenant who so requests may elect to send and
receive notices in paper form. If electronic delivery is used, the sender shall
retain sufficient proof of the electronic delivery, which may be an electronic
receipt of delivery, a confirmation that the notice was sent by facsimile, or a
certificate of service prepared by the sender confirming the electronic
delivery.

B. In the case of the landlord, notice is served on the landlord at his place of
business where the rental agreement was made or at any place held out by the
landlord as the place for receipt of the communication.
			In the case of the tenant, notice is served at the tenant&#8217;s last known
place of residence, which may be the dwelling unit.

C. Notice, knowledge, or a notice or notification received by an organization is
effective for a particular transaction from the time it is brought to the
attention of the person conducting that transaction, or from the time it would
have been brought to his attention if the organization had exercised reasonable
diligence.

D. No notice of termination of tenancy served upon a tenant by a public housing
authority organized under the Housing Authorities Law (&#xA7; 36-1 et seq.)
shall be effective unless it contains on its first page, in type no smaller or
less legible than that otherwise used in the body of the notice, the name,
address, and telephone number of the legal aid program, if any, serving the
jurisdiction in which the premises is located.
			No notice of termination of tenancy served upon a tenant receiving
tenant-based rental assistance through (i) the Housing Choice Voucher Program,
42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1437f(o), or (ii) any other federal, state, or local program by
a private landlord shall be effective unless it contains on its first page, in
type no smaller or less legible than that otherwise used in the body of the
notice, the statewide legal aid telephone number and website address.

E. The landlord may, in accordance with a written agreement, delegate to a
managing agent or other third party the responsibility of providing any written
notice under this chapter. The landlord may also engage an attorney at law to
prepare or provide any written notice under this chapter or legal process under
Title 8.01. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude use of an electronic
signature as defined in &#xA7; 59.1-480, or an electronic notarization as
defined in &#xA7; 47.1-2, in any written notice under this chapter or legal
process under Title 8.01.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 680, § 55-248.6; 1982, c. 260; 1993, c. 754; 1998, c. 260;
2000, c. 760; 2008, cc. 489, 640; 2017, c. 730; 2019, c. 712; 2020, cc. 182,
183.