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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 27<\/a> and 158<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1473445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369361,"identifier":"55.1-1607","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1607","url":"\/55.1-1607\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1607\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1607","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lessees have same rights against grantees as against lessors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1607","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A lessee, his personal representative, or his assigns may have against a grantee or alienee of the reversion, or of any part of such reversion, his heirs, or his assigns the like benefit of any condition, covenant, or promise in the lease as he could have had against the lessor himself and his heirs and assigns, except the benefit of any warranty, in deed or law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLESSEES HAVE SAME RIGHTS AGAINST GRANTEES AS AGAINST LESSORS (\u00a7 55.1-1607)\n\nA lessee, his personal representative, or his assigns may have against a grantee\nor alienee of the reversion, or of any part of such reversion, his heirs, or his\nassigns the like benefit of any condition, covenant, or promise in the lease as\nhe could have had against the lessor himself and his heirs and assigns, except\nthe benefit of any warranty, in deed or law.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, cc. 27, 158.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}