Bill Text: VA SB649 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; penalties for violation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-29 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (15-Y 0-N) [SB649 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-SB649-Prefiled.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 649
Offered January 10, 2018
Prefiled January 10, 2018
A BILL to amend and reenact §55-248.51 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; penalties for
violation of chapter.
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Patron-- McPike
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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §55-248.51 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§55-248.51. Penalties for violation of chapter.
If the landlord acts in willful violation of §§ § 55-248.43, 55-248.45, 55-248.47
or § 55-248.50 or if the landlord
fails to provide a written, dated lease, the tenant is entitled to recover from
the landlord an amount equal to the greater of either three
times the tenant's monthly
rental payment at the time of the violation,
or actual damages and reasonable attorney's attorney fees.
