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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 332<\/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":[{"id":369212,"section_number":"55.1-1200","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1200\/"},{"id":369292,"section_number":"55.1-1300","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1436571,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360605,"identifier":"36-139.02","token":"36\/8\/36-139.02","url":"\/36-139.02\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-139.02\/","token":"36\/8\/36-139.02","dublin_core":{"Title":"Translation of forms and documents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-139.02","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall translate all forms and documents that the Department<\/span> is mandated by law<\/span> to create and that are posted on its website for use by residential landlords and tenants into the five non-English languages most commonly spoken in Virginia according to the most recent American Community Survey data published by the United States Census Bureau. The Department<\/span> may accept materials<\/span> translated by volunteers but shall verify the accuracy of such translations prior to making the translated materials<\/span> available on its website. The Department<\/span> shall post on its website all English and translated versions of all Department<\/span>-created documents and model forms for use by any persons governed by the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (\u00a7 55.1-1200<\/a> et seq.) or the Virginia Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act (\u00a7 55.1-1300<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSLATION OF FORMS AND DOCUMENTS (\u00a7 36-139.02)\n\nThe Department shall translate all forms and documents that the Department is\nmandated by law to create and that are posted on its website for use by\nresidential landlords and tenants into the five non-English languages most\ncommonly spoken in Virginia according to the most recent American Community\nSurvey data published by the United States Census Bureau. The Department may\naccept materials translated by volunteers but shall verify the accuracy of such\ntranslations prior to making the translated materials available on its website.\nThe Department shall post on its website all English and translated versions of\nall Department-created documents and model forms for use by any persons governed\nby the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (\u00a7 55.1-1200 et seq.) or\nthe Virginia Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act (\u00a7 55.1-1300 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 332.","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"}}