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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 683 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. Unfortunately, the 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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":1474101,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369519,"identifier":"55.1-2019","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2019","url":"\/55.1-2019\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2019\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2019","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compliance by co-owner with bylaws and administrative rules and regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2019","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each co-owner<\/span> shall comply with the bylaws of the horizontal property<\/span> regime and with the administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant to such bylaws, as may be amended from time to time, and with the covenants, conditions, or restrictions set forth in the deed to the individual apartment<\/span>. Failure to comply with any such bylaws, rules and regulations, or covenants, conditions, or restrictions is grounds for an action by the manager or board of directors of the council of co-owners<\/span>, or in a proper case, an aggrieved owner, on behalf of the council of co-owners<\/span> to recover sums due for damages<\/span> and for injunctive relief.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPLIANCE BY CO-OWNER WITH BYLAWS AND ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS (\u00a7\n55.1-2019)\n\nEach co-owner shall comply with the bylaws of the horizontal property regime and\nwith the administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant to such bylaws,\nas may be amended from time to time, and with the covenants, conditions, or\nrestrictions set forth in the deed to the individual apartment. Failure to\ncomply with any such bylaws, rules and regulations, or covenants, conditions, or\nrestrictions is grounds for an action by the manager or board of directors of\nthe council of co-owners, or in a proper case, an aggrieved owner, on behalf of\nthe council of co-owners to recover sums due for damages and for injunctive\nrelief.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 683, \u00a7 55-79.38; 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"}}