Virginia § 8.01-130.1 Remedy for rent and for use and occupation

Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-130.1 — Remedy for rent and for use and occupation

Virginia § 8.01-130.1

Title 8.01Civil Remedies and Procedure

Ch. 3Actions

Art. 13.1Warrants in Distress

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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-130.1 (2026).

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Rent of every kind may be recovered by distress or action. A landlord may also, by action, recover, when the agreement is not by deed, a reasonable satisfaction for the use and occupation of lands. On the trial of such action, if any parol demise or any agreement not by deed whereon a certain rent was reserved appears in evidence, the plaintiff shall not therefor be nonsuited, but may use the same as evidence of the amount of his debt or damages. In any action for rent, or for such use and occupation, interest shall be allowed as on other contracts.

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Rent of every kind may be recovered by distress or action. A landlord may also, by action, recover, when the agreement is not by deed, a reasonable satisfaction for the use and occupation of lands. On the trial of such action, if any parol demise or any agreement not by deed whereon a certain rent was reserved appears in evidence, the plaintiff shall not therefor be nonsuited, but may use the same as evidence of the amount of his debt or damages. In any action for rent, or for such use and occupation, interest shall be allowed as on other contracts.