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2022 SESSION
HB 804 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; nonrefundable application fee, limitations.
Introduced by: Marcia S. "Cia" Price | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; nonrefundable application fee; limitations. Places limitations on when a landlord may charge a nonrefundable application fee in addition to a refundable application deposit. The bill prohibits a landlord with more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units from charging prospective tenants any nonrefundable application fee in excess of the amount necessary to reimburse the landlord for any actual out-of-pocket expenses paid by the landlord to a third party performing a number of pre-occupancy checks on the applicant. The bill allows an applicant to choose to provide certain information to the landlord in the form of a portable tenant screening report in lieu of paying an application fee. When an applicant chooses not to provide such report, a landlord that owns four or fewer rental dwelling units may charge such applicant actual out-of-pocket expenses paid by the landlord to a third party performing certain pre-occupancy checks on the applicant or, in the case of an application for a public housing unit, an application fee of no more than $32, including any actual out-of-pocket expenses paid to a third party by the landlord performing background, credit, or other pre-occupancy checks on the applicant.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104105D pdf | impact statement
- 02/10/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105929D-H1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104105D
- 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/21/22 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/10/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105929D-H1
- 02/13/22 House: Read first time
- 02/14/22 House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/14/22 House: VOTE: Agree To (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/14/22 House: Rereferred to General Laws
- 02/15/22 House: Left in General Laws