Management of Cooperatives

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This is Article 3 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Management of Cooperatives.” It is part of Chapter 21 “Virginia Real Estate Cooperative Act”, which is part of Subtitle IV “Common Interest Communities”, which is part of Title 55.1 “Property and Conveyances”. It contains 23 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 23 sections.

§ 55.1-2132	Organization of the association
§ 55.1-2133	Powers of the association
§ 55.1-2133.1	Installation of solar energy collection devices
§ 55.1-2134	Executive board members and officers
§ 55.1-2135	Transfer of special declarant rights
§ 55.1-2136	Termination of contracts and leases of declarant
§ 55.1-2137	Bylaws
§ 55.1-2138	Upkeep of cooperative
§ 55.1-2139	Common elements; notice of pesticide application
§ 55.1-2139.1	Electric vehicle charging stations permitted
§ 55.1-2140	Meetings
§ 55.1-2141	Quorums
§ 55.1-2142	Voting; proxies
§ 55.1-2143	Tort and contract liability
§ 55.1-2144	Conveyance or encumbrance of the cooperative
§ 55.1-2145	Insurance
§ 55.1-2146	Assessments for common expenses
§ 55.1-2147	Annual budget; reserves for capital components
§ 55.1-2148	Remedies for nonpayment of assessments; lien; foreclosure
§ 55.1-2149	Other liens affecting the cooperative
§ 55.1-2150	Limitation of assumption of debt and encumbrances
§ 55.1-2151	Association records
§ 55.1-2152	Association as trustee