republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1231.md

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Bill	Property Owners' Association Act; designation of authorized representative by seller.	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	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1231	Virginia SB 1231 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Property and Conveyances	enacted	William M. Stanley, Jr.	4	18	6	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/30e912e1-a123-493d-af38-60b5ce509003	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1231	87352ef3af7a3fd82422c924053aadb961388f49e9ccd91f9eb95a4b368dc9c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1231 (2017) — Property Owners' Association Act; designation of authorized representative by seller.

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

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0405) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1231ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104938D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103664D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103664D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 17104938D-S1
• 2017-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1231S1
• 2017-02-09 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-17 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-22 Enrolled
• 2017-02-22 Signed by President
• 2017-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
• 2017-02-23 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 405 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30e912e1-a123-493d-af38-60b5ce509003. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).