Va. Code § 55.1-1605

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 55.1-1605 - Effect of provision for reentry by lessor

If a lease provides that "the lessor may reenter for default of ____ days in the payment of rent, or for the breach of covenants," it has the effect of an agreement that if the rent reserved, or any part of such rent, is unpaid for such number of days after the day on which it was due, or if any of the other covenants on the part of the lessee or his personal representative or assigns is broken, then, in either of such cases, the lessor, or those entitled in the lessor's place, at any time afterwards may reenter into and upon the demised premises, or any part of such premises, in the name of the whole, and the same again have, repossess, and enjoy, as of his former estate.

Va. Code § 55.1-1605

Code 1919, § 5182; Code 1950, § 55-79; 2019, cc. 11, 49, 712.
Added by Acts 2019 c. 712, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.