Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, rental agreement noncompliance.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; rental agreement noncompliance; victim of family abuse. Removes the requirement that a tenant who is a victim of family abuse provide the landlord prompt notification should the perpetrator return to the dwelling unit to prevent the landlord from terminating a lease solely due to such act of family abuse occurring in the dwelling unit or on the premises by a perpetrator barred from the dwelling unit. Under the bill, if the tenant p…

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 13, 2026

• Survivor (domestic or sexual violence)directModerate impactHigh certainty

  Protects victims of family abuse from lease termination by landlords solely due to the perpetrator returning to the dwelling unit after being barred, removing the requirement for the victim to provide prompt notification of the perpetrator's return.

  “Removes the requirement that a tenant who is a victim of family abuse provide the landlord prompt notification should the perpetrator return to the dwelling unit to prevent the landlord from terminating a lease solely due to such act of family abuse occurring in the dwelling unit or on the premises by a perpetrator barred from the dwelling unit.”· Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; rental agreement noncompliance; victim of family abuse.