Tenant Obligations

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This is Article 3 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Tenant Obligations.” It is part of Chapter 12 “Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act”, which is part of Subtitle III “Rental Conveyances”, which is part of Title 55.1 “Property and Conveyances”.

It’s comprised of the following 7 sections.

§ 55.1-1227 Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
§ 55.1-1228 Rules and regulations
§ 55.1-1229 Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems
§ 55.1-1230 Access following entry of certain court orders
§ 55.1-1231 Relocation of tenant where mold remediation needs to be performed in the dwelling unit
§ 55.1-1232 Use and occupancy by tenant
§ 55.1-1233 Tenant to surrender possession of dwelling unit