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type: "Bill"
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title: "Property Owners' Association Act; designation of authorized representative by seller."
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description: "Provides that unless expressly authorized by the Property Owners' Association Act (§ 55-508 et seq.) or the declaration or as otherwise provided by law, no association may require the use of any for sale sign that is (i) an association sign or (ii) a real estate sign that does not comply with the requirements of the Real Estate Board. An association may, however, prohibit the placement of signs in the common area and establish reasonable rules and regulations that regulate (a) the number of real estate signs, (b) the geographical location of real estate signs, (c) the manner in which real estate signs are affixed to real property, and (d) the period of time after settlement when the real estate signs must be removed. In addition, no property owners' association may require any lot owner to execute a formal power of attorney if the lot owner designates a person licensed by the Real Estate Board to serve as his authorized representative in the sale of a lot. The bill provides that if a request has been made to an association or its common interest community manager to furnish the disclosure packet and such packet is not provided within 14 days of the request, it shall be deemed a waiver of any claim for delinquent assessments or of any violation of the declaration, bylaws, rules and regulations, or architectural guidelines existing as of the date of the request with respect to the subject lot. The bill also authorizes the Common Interest Community Board to assess a monetary penalty for failure to deliver the association disclosure packet within 14 days against the association or its common interest community manager. The bill also authorizes the Common Interest Community Board to receive a complaint directly from any person aggrieved by an association's failure to deliver a resale certificate or disclosure packet within the time period required under the Condominium Act, the Virginia Real Estate Cooperative Act, or the Property Owners' Association Act. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2045"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2045 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Property and Conveyances"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jackson H. Miller"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ba2efcd-976b-4703-af15-c5bb9fcbbd5b"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2045"
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source_hash: "3f2e4c1d9b4111c72c7d7df29fe84441cdf897167c6c4dd8aaf872540b49f526"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2045 (2017) — Property Owners' Association Act; designation of authorized representative by seller.
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Provides that unless expressly authorized by the Property Owners' Association Act (§ 55-508 et seq.) or the declaration or as otherwise provided by law, no association may require the use of any for sale sign that is (i) an association sign or (ii) a real estate sign that does not comply with the requirements of the Real Estate Board. An association may, however, prohibit the placement of signs in the common area and establish reasonable rules and regulations that regulate (a) the number of real estate signs, (b) the geographical location of real estate signs, (c) the manner in which real estate signs are affixed to real property, and (d) the period of time after settlement when the real estate signs must be removed. In addition, no property owners' association may require any lot owner to execute a formal power of attorney if the lot owner designates a person licensed by the Real Estate Board to serve as his authorized representative in the sale of a lot. The bill provides that if a request has been made to an association or its common interest community manager to furnish the disclosure packet and such packet is not provided within 14 days of the request, it shall be deemed a waiver of any claim for delinquent assessments or of any violation of the declaration, bylaws, rules and regulations, or architectural guidelines existing as of the date of the request with respect to the subject lot. The bill also authorizes the Common Interest Community Board to assess a monetary penalty for failure to deliver the association disclosure packet within 14 days against the association or its common interest community manager. The bill also authorizes the Common Interest Community Board to receive a complaint directly from any person aggrieved by an association's failure to deliver a resale certificate or disclosure packet within the time period required under the Condominium Act, the Virginia Real Estate Cooperative Act, or the Property Owners' Association Act. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0387)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0387)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2045ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2045ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104568D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2045H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103719D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2045)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Jackson H. Miller — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103719D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 17104568D-H1
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- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2045H1
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- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 387 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ba2efcd-976b-4703-af15-c5bb9fcbbd5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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