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type: "Bill"
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title: "Resident agent; appointment by nonresident property owner."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2410"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2410 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Property and Conveyances"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Les R. Adams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e825382-4c3e-40df-9591-1cae7a62ddf3"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2410"
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source_hash: "d4767a4e59540b796ef7ed91e917cea0a2205c3e0a0f3806b3ba7ba498335b4e"
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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 2410 (2019) — Resident agent; appointment by nonresident property owner.
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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.
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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 (CHAP0365)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0365)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2410ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2410ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103996D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2410)
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## Votes
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Les R. Adams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103996D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
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- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 365 (effective 7/1/19) `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/0e825382-4c3e-40df-9591-1cae7a62ddf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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