Virginia property management software.
AI-native property management for every US state. Here is the Virginia compliance profile included with Forge -- every value cited to its statute.
Included -- every value cited to its statute.
Each value below is drawn directly from the cited statute and maintained to the best of our ability; it has not been reviewed by an attorney. Fields we could not source are left out rather than guessed. You remain responsible for complying with the current statutes -- verify before you rely on any value here.
Virginia landlord-tenant rules Forge tracks
- Security-deposit return
- Within 45 days of move-out (up to 60 if the lease specifies)
- Maximum security deposit
- 2 month(s) of rent
- Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Termination notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Pay-or-quit / cure period
- 5 days
- Manager / broker license
- Generally required to manage for others
Extra protected classes: beyond the federal Fair Housing Act, Virginia also protects elderliness, source of income, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status. Forge's fair-housing checks account for this.
Required lease disclosures
- Statement of Tenant Rights and Responsibilities (DHCD form, signed) -- failure bars the landlord from filing/maintaining any action (55.1-1204(B))
- Itemized fee-disclosure statement on the first page of the lease (55.1-1204.1)
- Mold disclosure via move-in inspection report; tenant has 5 days to object (55.1-1215)
- Defective drywall disclosure (55.1-1218)
Sources
- Va. Code 55.1-1226(A),(E) (45-day deposit return, +15 days if a 3rd-party damage assessment is needed)
- Va. Code 55.1-1226(A) (deposit capped at 2 months rent)
- Va. Code 55.1-1204(E) (late fee: lesser of 10% of periodic rent or 10% of the remaining balance owed)
- Va. Code 55.1-1253(D) (30-day rent-increase notice); 55.1-1204(K) (60 days for >4-unit landlords, current; rising to 90 days 7/1/2027 per enacted HB678, not yet effective)
- Va. Code 55.1-1253(A)-(B) (30-day termination; 60 days if a >4-unit landlord is non-renewing >=20%/50% of M2M tenancies within 30 days)
- Va. Code 55.1-1229(A)(4) (72-hour notice for routine, non-tenant-requested maintenance entry only -- no general entry-hours statute)
- Va. Code 55.1-1245(F) (5-day pay-or-quit, directly re-confirmed against current codified text)
- Va. Code 54.1-2106.1 / 54.1-2100 / 54.1-2103 (broker license; exemptions)
- Va. Code 36-96.3 (Virginia Fair Housing Law protected classes)
Last reviewed: 2026-07-09
Software assistance, not legal advice.
Forge helps you track deadlines and generate documents, but it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Any statutory values shown are assistive guidance we maintain to the best of our ability; you remain responsible for complying with the current Virginia statutes whether or not our values are correct. Always verify the current statutes and consult a licensed Virginia attorney before acting on a specific situation.
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