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Failure or refusal to furnish promptly such a statement in such circumstances in accordance with the provisions of the condominium instruments make all such rights and restraints inapplicable to any disposition of a condominium unit in contemplation of which such statement was requested. Any such statement shall be binding on the unit owners&#8217; association, the executive board, and every unit owner. Payment of a fee not exceeding $25 may be required as a prerequisite to the issuance of such a statement if the condominium instruments so provide.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1378170,"text":"If the condominium instruments create any rights of first refusal or other restraints on free alienability of the condominium units, such rights and restraints are void unless the condominium instruments make provision for promptly furnishing to any unit owner or purchaser requesting such rights and restraints a recordable statement certifying to any waiver of, or failure or refusal to exercise, such rights and restraints, in all cases where such waiver, failure, or refusal does in fact occur. Failure or refusal to furnish promptly such a statement in such circumstances in accordance with the provisions of the condominium instruments make all such rights and restraints inapplicable to any disposition of a condominium unit in contemplation of which such statement was requested. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 416 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 1974 \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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1473925,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369476,"identifier":"55.1-1969","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/3\/55.1-1969","url":"\/55.1-1969\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1969\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/3\/55.1-1969","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restraints on alienation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1969","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If the condominium instruments create any rights of first refusal or other restraints on free alienability of the <span class=\"dictionary\">condominium units<\/span>, such rights and restraints are void unless the condominium instruments make provision for promptly furnishing to any <span class=\"dictionary\">unit owner<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">purchaser<\/span> requesting such rights and restraints a recordable statement certifying to any <span class=\"dictionary\">waiver<\/span> of, or failure or refusal to exercise, such rights and restraints, in all cases where such <span class=\"dictionary\">waiver<\/span>, failure, or refusal does in <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span> occur. 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Failure or refusal to furnish promptly\nsuch a statement in such circumstances in accordance with the provisions of the\ncondominium instruments make all such rights and restraints inapplicable to any\ndisposition of a condominium unit in contemplation of which such statement was\nrequested. Any such statement shall be binding on the unit owners&#8217;\nassociation, the executive board, and every unit owner. Payment of a fee not\nexceeding $25 may be required as a prerequisite to the issuance of such a\nstatement if the condominium instruments so provide.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 416, \u00a7 55-79.85; 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"}}