Source: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title55.1/chapter18/section55.1-1828/
Timestamp: 2019-10-16 22:04:33
Document Index: 188991161

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 55', '§ 55', '§ 55', '§ 8', '§ 8', '§ 55']

§ 55.1-1828. (Effective October 1, 2019) Compliance with declaration
Table of Contents » Title 55.1. Property and Conveyances [Effective October 1, 2019] » Subtitle IV. Common Interest Communities » Chapter 18. Property Owners' Association Act » Article 3. Operation and Management of Association » § 55.1-1828. (Effective October 1, 2019) Compliance with declaration
§ 55.1-1828. (Effective October 1, 2019) Compliance with declaration.
A. Every lot owner, and all those entitled to occupy a lot, shall comply with all lawful provisions of this chapter and all provisions of the declaration. Any lack of such compliance shall be grounds for an action to recover sums due, for damages or injunctive relief, or for any other remedy available at law or in equity, maintainable by the association or by its board of directors or any managing agent on behalf of such association or, in any proper case, by one or more aggrieved lot owners on their own behalf or as a class action. Except as provided in subsection B, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees, costs expended in the matter, and interest on the judgment as provided in § 8.01-382. This section shall not preclude an action against the association and authorizes the recovery by the prevailing party in any such action of reasonable attorney fees, costs expended in the matter, and interest on the judgment as provided in § 8.01-382 in such actions.
B. In actions against a lot owner for nonpayment of assessments in which the lot owner has failed to pay assessments levied by the association on more than one lot or in which such lot owner has had legal actions taken against him for nonpayment of any prior assessment, and the prevailing party is the association or its board of directors or any managing agent on behalf of the association, the prevailing party shall be awarded reasonable attorney fees, costs expended in the matter, and interest on the judgment as provided in subsection A, even if the proceeding is settled prior to judgment. The delinquent owner shall be personally responsible for reasonable attorney fees and costs expended in the matter by the association, whether any judicial proceedings are filed.
1989, c. 679, § 55-515; 1993, c. 956; 2012, c. 758; 2014, c. 569; 2019, c. 712.