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Virginia reserves, budgets, and disclosure rules.

Everything we publish for Virginia: the state's reserve and disclosure rules in plain language, budget guides for boards, owners, and buyers, and snapshots of specific communities where we have something concrete to say.

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Guides

How to read a budget, reserve study, and disclosure

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Playbooks

Ready-to-send questions for owners and buyers

Reserve laws

Virginia's reserve and disclosure rules in plain language

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Law

Virginia condo board meeting notice rules, in plain language

How Virginia's Condominium Act handles executive board meeting transparency — open meeting mandate, the 21-day/7-day rule that applies to unit-owner meetings but not board meetings, and the two-vote executive session structure.

Va. Code § 55.1-1949 — Virginia Condominium Act, meetings of unit owners' association and executive board
Law

Virginia HOA board meeting notice rules, in plain language

How Virginia's Property Owners' Association Act handles board meeting transparency — open meeting mandate, executive session limits, and owner comment rights — and why there is no minimum day count for board-only meeting notices.

Va. Code § 55.1-1816 — Property Owners' Association Act, meetings of the board of directors
Law

Virginia condominium reserve funding rules, in plain language

How Virginia's Condominium Act actually handles reserves — through a mandatory five-year reserve study that condo instruments can vary — and what that instrument-variation clause means for a board, owner, or buyer reading a specific declaration.

Va. Code § 55.1-1965 — Virginia Condominium Act, annual budget and reserves for capital components
Law

Virginia HOA reserve funding rules, in plain language

How Virginia's Property Owners' Association Act actually handles reserves — through a mandatory five-year reserve study, annual review, and required budget fields — and what that means for a board, owner, or buyer who needs the numbers to mean something.

Va. Code § 55.1-1826 — Property Owners' Association Act, annual budget and reserves for capital components

Communities

Snapshots of specific Virginia HOAs

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