Virginia HB 1340: Revision of Title 55; technical amendments relating to the revision and recodification.

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CHAPTER 592 

An Act to amend and reenact �� 54.1-2345, 55.1-1602, 
55.1-1805, 55.1-1808, 55.1-1810, 55.1-1815, 55.1-1904, 55.1-1906, 55.1-1911, 55.1-1919, 
55.1-1937, 55.1-1940, 55.1-1945, and 55.1-1974 of the Code of Virginia, 
relating to recodification of Title 55; corrections. 

[H 1340] 

Approved April 2, 2020 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That �� 54.1-2345, 55.1-1602, 55.1-1805, 55.1-1808, 
55.1-1810, 55.1-1815, 55.1-1904, 55.1-1906, 55.1-1911, 55.1-1919, 55.1-1937, 
55.1-1940, 55.1-1945, and 55.1-1974 of the Code of Virginia are amended and 
reenacted as follows:

� 54.1-2345. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a 
different meaning:

"Association" includes condominium, cooperative, or 
property owners' associations.

"Board" means the Common Interest Community Board.

"Common interest community" means real estate 
subject to a declaration with respect containing lots, at least some 
of which are residential or occupied for recreational purposes, and common 
areas to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a lot 
subject to that declaration, is a member of the association and is obligated to 
pay assessments of common expenses, provided that for the purposes of this 
chapter only, a common interest community does not include any time-share 
project registered pursuant to the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act (� 
55.1-2200 et seq.) or any additional land that is a part of such registration. 
"Common interest community" does not include an arrangement described 
in � 54.1-2345.1.

"Common interest community manager" means a person 
or business entity, including a partnership, association, corporation, or 
limited liability company, that, for compensation or valuable consideration, 
provides management services to a common interest community.

"Declaration" means any instrument, however 
denominated, recorded among the land records of the county or city in which the 
development or any part thereof is located, that either (i) imposes on the 
association maintenance or operational responsibilities for the common area as 
a regular annual assessment or (ii) creates the authority in the association to 
impose on lots, or on the owners or occupants of such lots, or on any other 
entity any mandatory payment of money as a regular annual assessment in 
connection with the provision of maintenance or services or both for the 
benefit of some or all of the lots, the owners or occupants of the lots, or the 
common area. "Declaration" includes any amendment or supplement to 
the instruments described in this definition.

"Governing board" means the governing board of an 
association, including the executive organ of a condominium unit owners' associati