republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2410.md

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Bill	Resident agent; appointment by nonresident property owner.	Limits the applicability of the requirement for a nonresident landlord to appoint a resident agent to nonresident individuals who own and lease real property in the Commonwealth. Under current law, the requirement applies to corporations, partnerships, business trusts, associations, and other legal entities. The bill also clarifies that if the resident agent appointed by the nonresident property owner is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other entity, it must be authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth. In addition, the bill clarifies that the specification of ownership of four or more units applies to residential property and not commercial property. The bill contains technical amendments.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2410	Virginia HB 2410 (2019)	bill	Property and Conveyances	enacted	Les R. Adams	3	17	7	2019-01-08	2019-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/0e825382-4c3e-40df-9591-1cae7a62ddf3	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2410	d4767a4e59540b796ef7ed91e917cea0a2205c3e0a0f3806b3ba7ba498335b4e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2410 (2019) — Resident agent; appointment by nonresident property owner.

Limits the applicability of the requirement for a nonresident landlord to appoint a resident agent to nonresident individuals who own and lease real property in the Commonwealth. Under current law, the requirement applies to corporations, partnerships, business trusts, associations, and other legal entities. The bill also clarifies that if the resident agent appointed by the nonresident property owner is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other entity, it must be authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth. In addition, the bill clarifies that the specification of ownership of four or more units applies to residential property and not commercial property. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0365) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2410ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103996D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Les R. Adams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103996D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2019-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-30 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2019-01-30 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled
• 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 365 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e825382-4c3e-40df-9591-1cae7a62ddf3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).