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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0109\">109<\/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. 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 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0105\">105<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1473621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369402,"identifier":"55.1-1837","token":"55.1\/IV\/18\/3\/55.1-1837","url":"\/55.1-1837\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1837\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/18\/3\/55.1-1837","dublin_core":{"Title":"Termination and duration of certain management contracts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1837","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A management <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> that contains an automatic renewal provision may be terminated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span> or the <span class=\"dictionary\">common interest community manager<\/span> at any time without cause and without <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> upon not less than 60 days&#8217; written notice.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTERMINATION AND DURATION OF CERTAIN MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS (\u00a7 55.1-1837)\n\nA management contract that contains an automatic renewal provision may be\nterminated by the association or the common interest community manager at any\ntime without cause and without penalty upon not less than 60 days&#8217; written\nnotice.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 109; 2025, c. 105.","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"}}