“Deposit” means any refundable deposit that a Tenant provides to a Landlord to ensure compliance with the terms of a Rental Agreement, as security for damage to rented premises or as a deposit for pets. However, this money is considered an application deposit until the start of the lease agreement. The “deposit” does not include damage insurance or tenant insurance policy as these terms are defined in § 55.1-1206 and were purchased by a landlord to cover a tenant. Subletting – The act of a tenant choosing someone else to use their rented space while agreeing with the landlord. This type of rental usually needs to be approved by the owner. D. To the extent or until the successor owner terminates the monthly lease, the terms of the terminated lease will remain in effect, except that the tenant makes rent payments (i) to the successor landlord as specified in a written notice to the tenant in this subsection; (ii) the owner`s management representative, if any, or the owner of the estate; or (iii) in a judicial escrow account in accordance with the provisions of § 55.1-1244; However, there is no obligation for a tenant to file a tenant`s claim and pay the rent in escrow. If no administrative representative is named in the terminated lease, the tenant remains liable to pay the rent, but will not be considered late or a late fee will be charged until the successor landlord gives written notice indicating the name, address and telephone number of the party to whom the rent is to be paid. One. If a landlord unlawfully removes or excludes a tenant from the premises or intentionally reduces services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of an essential service to the tenant, the tenant may obtain an order from a general district court to recover the property, ask the landlord to resume that interrupted essential service, or terminate the rental agreement and in any case claim the damages actually suffered by the landlord and the costs reasonable legal.

In case of termination of the rental agreement, the owner must reimburse the full deposit in accordance with § 55.1-1226. D. If the tenant is a victim of family abuse within the meaning of §§ 16.1-228, which occurred in the residential unit or on the premises, and the perpetrator is excluded from the apartment in accordance with § 55.1-1246 on the basis of the information provided by the tenant to the landlord or by a protection order of a competent court in accordance with § 16.1-253.1 or 16.1-279.1 or abs. B of § 20-103, The lease does not end solely because of family abuse against the tenant. However, these provisions do not apply if (i) the tenant does not provide written documentation proving his or her status as a victim of domestic violence and proves the offender`s exclusion from the housing unit no later than 21 days after the alleged crime, or (ii) the offender returns to the housing unit or premises, violates a lawyer`s complaint and the tenant fails to: immediately inform the landlord within 24 hours that the offender has returned to the unit or premises, unless the tenant proves by a balance of evidence that the tenant did not actually know that the offender had violated the cash complaint, or that it was not possible for the tenant to: notify the landlord within 24 hours, in which case the tenant must notify the landlord immediately, but no later than seven days. If the provisions of this subsection are not applicable, the tenant remains responsible for the actions of other roommates, agents or guests or guests in accordance with § 55.1-1227 and will be subject to the termination of the lease in accordance with the rental agreement and this chapter. A landlord may not claim or take possession of the housing unit, (i) by intentionally shortening services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of an essential service prescribed in the tenancy agreement, or (ii) denying the tenant access to the unit, unless such refusal is due to a court possession order. B. The court will ask a tenant who is eligible under Subdivision A and their landlord to participate in the program and complete a court-ordered payment plan.

The court shall ensure the continuation of the proceedings on the list of files of the General District Court, where the action for unlawful detention is filed, in order to allow full payment under the plan. .