{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/55.1-1609.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/55.1-1609.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/55.1-1609.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/55.1-1609.html"}],"law_id":369363,"edition_id":2,"section_id":369363,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1609","catch_line":"When attornment void","history":"2024, cc. 27, 158.","full_text":"The attornment of a tenant to any stranger is void, unless it is with the consent of the landlord of such tenant or pursuant to or in consequence of the judgment or order of a court.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1377558,"text":"The attornment of a tenant to any stranger is void, unless it is with the consent of the landlord of such tenant or pursuant to or in consequence of the judgment or order of a court.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":52627,"edition_id":2,"name":"Leases","identifier":"16","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":5,"parent_id":52607,"metadata":{"child_laws":10,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:01:57","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:27","permalink":{"id":1473415,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52627,"identifier":"16","token":"55.1\/III\/16","url":"\/55.1\/III\/16\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52607,"edition_id":2,"name":"Rental Conveyances","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":3,"parent_id":52600,"metadata":{"child_laws":138,"child_structures":18},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:01:40","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:24","permalink":{"id":1472885,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52607,"identifier":"III","token":"55.1\/III","url":"\/55.1\/III\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52600,"edition_id":2,"name":"Property and Conveyances","identifier":"55.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":120,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":875,"child_structures":101},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:01:36","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:20","permalink":{"id":1471771,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52600,"identifier":"55.1","token":"55.1","url":"\/55.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":369354,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1600","catch_line":"Form of a lease","url":"\/55.1-1600\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1600","metadata":false},{"id":369355,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1601","catch_line":"Memoranda of leases and options","url":"\/55.1-1601\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1601","metadata":false},{"id":369356,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1602","catch_line":"Certain covenants of lessee \"to pay the rent\" and \"to pay the taxes.\"","url":"\/55.1-1602\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1602","metadata":false},{"id":369357,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1603","catch_line":"Certain covenants of lessee that \"he will not assign without leave\" and that \"he will leave the premises in good repair.\"","url":"\/55.1-1603\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1603","metadata":false},{"id":369358,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1604","catch_line":"Covenant of lessor \"for lessee's quiet enjoyment.\"","url":"\/55.1-1604\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1604","metadata":false},{"id":369359,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1605","catch_line":"Effect of provision for reentry by lessor","url":"\/55.1-1605\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1605","metadata":false},{"id":369360,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1606","catch_line":"Grantees and assignees have same rights against lessees as lessors","url":"\/55.1-1606\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1606","metadata":false},{"id":369361,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1607","catch_line":"Lessees have same rights against grantees as against lessors","url":"\/55.1-1607\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1607","metadata":false},{"id":369362,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1608","catch_line":"What powers to pass to grantee or devisee; when attornment unnecessary","url":"\/55.1-1608\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1608","metadata":false},{"id":369363,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1609","catch_line":"When attornment void","url":"\/55.1-1609\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1609","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":369362,"structure_id":52627,"section_number":"55.1-1608","catch_line":"What powers to pass to grantee or devisee; when attornment unnecessary","url":"\/55.1-1608\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1608","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/55.1-1609\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0027\">27<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0158\">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":1473453,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369363,"identifier":"55.1-1609","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1609","url":"\/55.1-1609\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1609\/","token":"55.1\/III\/16\/55.1-1609","dublin_core":{"Title":"When attornment void","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The attornment of a tenant to any stranger is void, unless it is with the consent of the landlord of such tenant or pursuant to or in consequence of the <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN ATTORNMENT VOID (\u00a7 55.1-1609)\n\nThe attornment of a tenant to any stranger is void, unless it is with the\nconsent of the landlord of such tenant or pursuant to or in consequence of the\njudgment or order of a court.\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"}}