Virginia § 55.1-1608 What powers to pass to grantee or devisee; when attornment unnecessary

Virginia Statutes

§ 55.1-1608 — What powers to pass to grantee or devisee; when attornment unnecessary

Virginia § 55.1-1608

Title 55.1Property and Conveyances

Subtitle IIIRental Conveyances

Ch. 16Leases

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Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-1608 (2026).

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In conveyances or devises of rents in fee, with powers of distress and reentry, or either of them, such powers shall pass to the grantee or devisee without express words. A grant or devise of a rent, or of a reversion or remainder, is good and effectual without attornment of the tenant, but no tenant who, before notice of the grant, paid the rent to the grantor shall suffer any damage as a result of such payment.

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In conveyances or devises of rents in fee, with powers of distress and reentry, or either of them, such powers shall pass to the grantee or devisee without express words. A grant or devise of a rent, or of a reversion or remainder, is good and effectual without attornment of the tenant, but no tenant who, before notice of the grant, paid the rent to the grantor shall suffer any damage as a result of such payment.