Title 55.1, Title 55.1. Property and Conveyances

In addition to the provisions of the rental agreement, the tenant shall: 1. Comply with applicable laws affecting manufactured home owners and tenants; 2. Keep and maintain the exterior of the tenant's manufactured home and manufactured home lot as clean and safe as conditions pe…

A. A secured party shall have no liability for rent or other charges to a landlord except as provided in this section. B. In the event that a manufactured home subject to a security interest becomes an abandoned manufactured home, the landlord shall send notice of abandonment to …

A. A landlord shall not demand or collect: 1. An entrance fee for the privilege of leasing or occupying a manufactured home lot; 2. A commission on the sale of a manufactured home located in the manufactured home park, unless the tenant expressly employs him to perform a service …

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 56-245.3, a landlord who purchases from a publicly regulated utility any electricity, gas, or other utility service, including water and sewer services, for resale or pass-through to a tenant may not charge for the resale or pass-through of suc…

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, where a landlord and seller of a manufactured home have in common (i) one or more owners, (ii) immediate family members, or (iii) officers or directors, the rental agreement shall be renewed except for reasons that would justify …

If termination of a rental agreement is due to the sale of the manufactured home park to a buyer that is going to redevelop the park and change its use, the landlord shall provide to each manufactured home owner in the park $5,000 in relocation expenses within the 180-day notice …

A. On an annual basis, a manufactured home park owner shall deliver to each tenant with a valid lot rental agreement notice of their rights under this section and § 55.1-1308.4. B. A manufactured home park owner shall not enter into an agreement to sell a manufactured home park t…

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if at any time a resident entity makes an offer to purchase a manufactured home park, the manufactured home park owner shall consider such offer and negotiate with such resident entity in good faith. If the manufactured home park own…

A seller of a manufactured home park shall record with the circuit court of the locality in which the manufactured home park is located an affidavit in which the seller has certified that he has complied with the requirements of §§ 55.1-1308.3 and 55.1-1308.4. Such affidavit shal…

Unless the landlord accepts the rent with reservation, and gives a written notice to the tenant of such acceptance within five business days of receipt of the rent, acceptance of periodic rent payments with knowledge in fact of a material noncompliance by the tenant shall constit…

A. For purposes of this section: "Military status" means status as (i) a member of the uniformed forces, as defined in 10 U.S.C. § 101(a)(5), of the United States or a reserve component thereof named under 10 U.S.C. § 10101, (ii) a veteran as defined in 38 U.S.C. § 101(2), or (ii…

Section 55.1-1202, subsection A of § 55.1-1204, §§ 55.1-1207, 55.1-1208, 55.1-1216, 55.1-1224, 55.1-1226, 55.1-1228, 55.1-1234 through 55.1-1252, and 55.1-1259 shall, insofar as they are not inconsistent with this chapter, apply, mutatis mutandis, to the rental and occupancy of a…

The governing body of any locality may adopt ordinances to enforce the obligations imposed on landlords by § 55.1-1303.

If a landlord does not remedy a violation of an ordinance that pertains to the health and safety of tenants in a manufactured home park within seven days of receiving notice from the locality of such violation, the locality shall notify tenants of the manufactured home park who a…

A. Except as provided in this section, or as otherwise provided by law, a landlord shall not retaliate by selectively increasing rent or decreasing services or by bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession after the landlord has knowledge that (i) the tenant has co…

In addition to the remedies provided by §§ 55.1-1228 and 55.1-1311, a landlord may evict a tenant only for violation of the applicable building and housing code caused by a lack of reasonable care by the tenant, a member of the tenant's household, or a guest or invitee of the ten…

A. A tenant who has been evicted from a manufactured home park shall have 90 days after judgment has been entered in which to sell the manufactured home or remove the manufactured home from the manufactured home park. Such tenant shall be responsible for paying the rental amount …

The manufactured home park owner shall transfer any security deposits and any accrued interest on the deposits in his possession to the new manufactured home park owner at the time of the transfer of the rental property. If the current manufactured home park owner has entered int…

If the landlord acts in willful violation of § 55.1-1303, 55.1-1306, 55.1-1310, or 55.1-1314 or if the landlord fails to provide a written, dated rental agreement, the tenant is entitled to recover from the landlord an amount equal to the greater of either the tenant's monthly re…

The attorney for any locality may file an action for injunctive relief for violations of this chapter.

A. With the exception of violations related to manufactured home structures and additions thereto not under the owner's proprietorship, any owner or operator of a manufactured home community shall be prohibited from increasing the annual lot rent of a tenant at the time of renewa…