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The rent, if it is reserved in money, shall be apportioned between the tenant for life or other uncertain interest, or his personal representative, and those who succeed to the land. If rent is reserved in kind, it shall be paid to the tenant for life or other uncertain interest, or his personal representative, and the tenant or his personal representative, as the case may be, shall pay to those who succeed to the land a reasonable rent, in money, from the expiration of the life estate or other uncertain interest to the end of the current year of the tenancy. The rent to be paid to those who succeed to the land shall be a charge in preference to other claims on the rent received in kind by such tenant or his personal representative.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1377562,"text":"If there is a tenant for life or other uncertain interest in land that is leased to another, upon the death of such tenant for life or termination of such other uncertain interest, the lessee may hold the land through the end of the current year of the tenancy, paying rent. The rent, if it is reserved in money, shall be apportioned between the tenant for life or other uncertain interest, or his personal representative, and those who succeed to the land. If rent is reserved in kind, it shall be paid to the tenant for life or other uncertain interest, or his personal representative, and the tenant or his personal representative, as the case may be, shall pay to those who succeed to the land a reasonable rent, in money, from the expiration of the life estate or other uncertain interest to the end of the current year of the tenancy. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1473471,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369367,"identifier":"55.1-1703","token":"55.1\/III\/17\/55.1-1703","url":"\/55.1-1703\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1703\/","token":"55.1\/III\/17\/55.1-1703","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lessee of life tenant may hold land through end of year on death of tenant; apportionment of rent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1703","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If there is a tenant for life or other uncertain interest in land that is leased to another, upon the death of such tenant for life or termination of such other uncertain interest, the lessee may hold the land through the end of the current year of the tenancy, paying rent. The rent, if it is reserved in money, shall be apportioned between the tenant for life or other uncertain interest, or his personal representative, and those who succeed to the land. If rent is reserved in kind, it shall be paid to the tenant for life or other uncertain interest, or his personal representative, and the tenant or his personal representative, as the case may be, shall pay to those who succeed to the land a reasonable rent, in money, from the expiration of the life estate or other uncertain interest to the end of the current year of the tenancy. The rent to be paid to those who succeed to the land shall be a charge in preference to other claims on the rent received in kind by such tenant or his personal representative.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLESSEE OF LIFE TENANT MAY HOLD LAND THROUGH END OF YEAR ON DEATH OF TENANT;\nAPPORTIONMENT OF RENT (\u00a7 55.1-1703)\n\nIf there is a tenant for life or other uncertain interest in land that is leased\nto another, upon the death of such tenant for life or termination of such other\nuncertain interest, the lessee may hold the land through the end of the current\nyear of the tenancy, paying rent. The rent, if it is reserved in money, shall be\napportioned between the tenant for life or other uncertain interest, or his\npersonal representative, and those who succeed to the land. If rent is reserved\nin kind, it shall be paid to the tenant for life or other uncertain interest, or\nhis personal representative, and the tenant or his personal representative, as\nthe case may be, shall pay to those who succeed to the land a reasonable rent,\nin money, from the expiration of the life estate or other uncertain interest to\nthe end of the current year of the tenancy. The rent to be paid to those who\nsucceed to the land shall be a charge in preference to other claims on the rent\nreceived in kind by such tenant or his personal representative.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5543; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-252; 2019, c. 712.","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"}}