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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 5119 Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; temporary applicability to certain occupants of hotels, etc.

Introduced by: Clinton L. Jenkins (by request) | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; temporary applicability to certain occupants of hotels, motels, extended stay facilities, or boardinghouses. Provides that, from the effective date of the bill until 90 days after the expiration or revocation of all states of emergency declared by the Governor related to the COVID-19 pandemic, (i) a person who lacks permanent shelter and who is an occupant of a hotel, motel, extended stay facility, or boardinghouse and who uses such lodging as his primary residence for at least seven consecutive days and (ii) the innkeeper or property owner of such lodging, or his agent, shall be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act as tenant and landlord. The bill also provides that if a person lacking permanent shelter pays in advance for at least seven consecutive days of stay in such lodging, or if a third party pays for such lodging on his behalf, the provisions of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act shall apply to the innkeeper or property owner as soon as payment is made.


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