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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":1474093,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369517,"identifier":"55.1-2017","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2017","url":"\/55.1-2017\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2017\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/20\/3\/55.1-2017","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rule against perpetuities; rule restricting unreasonable restraints on alienation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2017","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The rules of property<\/span> law<\/span> known as the rule against perpetuities and the rule restricting unreasonable restraints on alienation shall not be applied to defeat any of the provisions of this chapter or of any provisions of any master deed<\/span> or lease, bylaws, or other document executed in accordance with this chapter as to the horizontal property<\/span> regime. This exemption shall not apply to estates in the individual apartments<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES; RULE RESTRICTING UNREASONABLE RESTRAINTS ON\nALIENATION (\u00a7 55.1-2017)\n\nThe rules of property law known as the rule against perpetuities and the rule\nrestricting unreasonable restraints on alienation shall not be applied to defeat\nany of the provisions of this chapter or of any provisions of any master deed or\nlease, bylaws, or other document executed in accordance with this chapter as to\nthe horizontal property regime. This exemption shall not apply to estates in the\nindividual apartments.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 683, \u00a7 55-79.36; 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"}}