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| Bill | Condominium Act; resale by purchaser, designation of authorized representative. | Provides that unless expressly authorized by the Condominium Act or the condominium instruments or as otherwise provided by law, no unit owners' association may require the use of any for sale sign that is a unit owners' association sign, or a real estate sign that does not comply with the requirements of the Real Estate Board. A unit owners' association may, however, prohibit the placement of signs in the common area and establish reasonable rules and regulations that regulate (i) the number of real estate signs to be located on real property upon which the owner has a separate ownership interest or a right of exclusive possession, so long as at least one real estate sign is permitted; (ii) the geographical location of real estate signs on real property in which the owner has a separate ownership interest or a right of exclusive possession, so long as the location of the real estate signs complies with the requirements of the Real Estate Board; (iii) the manner in which real estate signs are affixed to real property; and (iv) the period of time after settlement when the real estate signs on such real property shall be removed. The bill also prohibits a unit owners' association from requiring any unit owner to execute a formal power of attorney if the unit owner designates a person licensed by the Real Estate Board to serve as his authorized representative in the sale of a unit. In addition, the bill authorizes the Common Interest Community Board to assess a monetary penalty against a unit owners' association or common interest community manager for the failure to deliver the resale certificate within 14 days. This bill is identical to | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2017 | SB 1255 | Virginia SB 1255 (2017) |
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Virginia SB 1255 (2017) — Condominium Act; resale by purchaser, designation of authorized representative.
Provides that unless expressly authorized by the Condominium Act or the condominium instruments or as otherwise provided by law, no unit owners' association may require the use of any for sale sign that is a unit owners' association sign, or a real estate sign that does not comply with the requirements of the Real Estate Board. A unit owners' association may, however, prohibit the placement of signs in the common area and establish reasonable rules and regulations that regulate (i) the number of real estate signs to be located on real property upon which the owner has a separate ownership interest or a right of exclusive possession, so long as at least one real estate sign is permitted; (ii) the geographical location of real estate signs on real property in which the owner has a separate ownership interest or a right of exclusive possession, so long as the location of the real estate signs complies with the requirements of the Real Estate Board; (iii) the manner in which real estate signs are affixed to real property; and (iv) the period of time after settlement when the real estate signs on such real property shall be removed. The bill also prohibits a unit owners' association from requiring any unit owner to execute a formal power of attorney if the unit owner designates a person licensed by the Real Estate Board to serve as his authorized representative in the sale of a unit. In addition, the bill authorizes the Common Interest Community Board to assess a monetary penalty against a unit owners' association or common interest community manager for the failure to deliver the resale certificate within 14 days. This bill is identical to
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1255ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104939D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103704D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. — primary (person)
- Barry D. Knight — 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 17103704D
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 17104939D-S1
- 2017-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1255S1
- 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 406 (effective 7/1/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97951962-a378-45fa-ba7c-617222889a94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).