                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCEEDINGS TO ESTABLISH RIGHT OF REENTRY; JUDGMENT (§ 55.1-1419)

Any person who has a right of reentry into lands by reason of any rent issuing
thereout being in arrear, or by reason of the breach of any covenant or
condition, may serve a declaration in ejectment on the tenant in possession, if
any, or, if the possession is vacant, by posting the declaration upon the front
door of the building, or at any other notorious place on the premises, and such
service shall be in lieu of a demand and reentry. Upon proof to the court, by
affidavit in case of judgment by default or upon proof on the trial, that the
rent claimed was due and no sufficient distress was upon the premises, or that
the covenant or condition was broken before the service of the declaration and
that the plaintiff had power to reenter, he shall recover judgment and have
execution for such lands.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5530; Code 1950, § 55-239; 2019, c. 712.