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2003 SESSION
032831736Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 55-248.6:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 55-248.6:1. Application fees.
Any landlord may require an application fee. If the applicant fails to rent the
unit applied for and the application fee exceeds twenty dollars$32, the
landlord shall refund to the applicant within twenty 20 days after the
applicant's failure to rent the unit or the landlord's rejection of the
application all sums in excess of the landlord's actual expenses and damages
together with an itemized list of said expenses and damages. If, however, the
application fee or deposit was made by cash, certified check, cashier's check,
or postal money order, such refund shall be made within ten 10 days of the
applicant's failure to rent the unit if the failure to rent is due to the landlord's rejection of the
application. If the landlord fails to comply with this section, the applicant
may recover as damages suffered by him that portion of the fee wrongfully
withheld and reasonable attorney's fees.