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2023 SESSION

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HB 2082 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; employees of the landlord, rental dwelling unit keys.

Introduced by: Candi Mundon King | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; employees of the landlord; rental dwelling unit keys and electronic key codes. Requires a landlord who owns more than 200 rental dwelling units that are attached to the same piece of real property to require any applicant for employment in any position that will have access to keys, defined in the bill, to each rental dwelling unit to be subject to a pre-employment criminal history records check. The bill also provides that a landlord must establish written policies and procedures for the (i) storage, issuance and return, and security of; (ii) access to; and (iii) if applicable, usage and deactivation of rental dwelling unit keys and electronic key codes. The provisions of the bill do not apply to a financial institution or a real estate licensee.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; employees of the landlord; rental dwelling unit keys and electronic key codes. Requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units to require any applicant for employment in any position that will have access to keys, defined in the bill, to each rental dwelling unit to be subject to a pre-employment criminal history records check. The bill also provides that a landlord must establish written policies and procedure for the storage, issuance and return, and security of, access to, and, if applicable, usage and deactivation of rental dwelling unit keys and electronic key codes. The provisions of the bill do not apply to a financial institution or a real estate licensee.