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HB 1315 Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.

Introduced by: James F. Almand | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Amends the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act by (i) clarifying the applicability of the Act; (ii) distinguishing between an application fee and a security deposit; (iii) adding a definition of "managing agent" as a person authorized by the landlord to act on behalf of the landlord under a management agreement; (iv) clarifying what constitutes notice under the Act, (v) deleting the archaic term "notice to quit"; (vi) changing the term "lease" to "rental agreement," a defined term under the Act; (vii) providing that no unilateral change in the terms of a rental agreement by a landlord or tenant shall be valid unless (a) notice of the change is given in accordance with the terms of the rental agreement or as otherwise required by law and (b) both parties consent in writing to the change; (viii) clarifying the confidentiality of tenant records; (ix) replacing the term "check-in" with "move-in"; (x) providing that a landlord may be compensated by a television service provider for the use and occupancy of the landlord's property in an amount reasonably related to the value of the property and the services rendered by the landlord; (xi) providing that a rule or regulation adopted or changed, or provided to the tenant after the tenant enters into the rental agreement, shall be enforceable against the tenant if reasonable notice of its adoption or changes has been given to the tenant and it does not work a substantial modification of his bargain; (xii) replacing the term "apartment" with "dwelling unit"; (xiii) consolidating the various sections dealing with tenants' assertions into one section; and (xiv) clarifying that a landlord's acceptance without reservation of a rent payment with knowledge in fact of a material noncompliance by the tenant constitutes a waiver of the landlord's right to terminate the rental agreement. The bill contains numerous housekeeping amendments and moves existing sections within the Act for more appropriate placement. The bill provides that clause (x) above shall not become effective until July 1, 2001. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Study Commission pursuant to HJR 739.


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