                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FAILURE TO PAY CERTAIN RENTS AFTER FIVE DAYS&#8217; NOTICE FORFEITS RIGHT OF
POSSESSION (§ 55.1-1415)

If any tenant or lessee of nonresidential rental property who is in default in
the payment of rent continues to be in default five days after receipt of
written notice that requires possession of the premises or the payment of rent,
such tenant or lessee forfeits his right to possession of the premises. In such
case, the possession of the defendant may, at the option of the landlord or
lessor, be deemed unlawful, and he may proceed to recover possession of the
premises.
		The right to evict a tenant whose right of possession has been terminated in
any nonresidential tenancy under this chapter may be effectuated by self-help
eviction without further legal process so long as such eviction does not incite
a breach of the peace. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to
preclude termination of any nonresidential tenancy by the filing of an unlawful
detainer action as provided by Article 13 (§ 8.01-124 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of
Title 8.01, entry of an order of possession, and eviction pursuant to §
55.1-1416.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5448; Code 1950, § 55-225; 2008, c. 489; 2018, c. 221;
2019, c. 712.