Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 55.1. Property and Conveyances |
SUBTITLE IV. Common Interest Communities |
CHAPTER 22. Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act |
ARTICLE 2. Creation, Termination, and Management |
SECTION 55.1-2208. Instruments |
A. In order to create a time-share program for a time-share estate project, the developer shall execute a time-share instrument prepared and executed in accordance with this chapter and record it in the clerk's office where such time-share project is located. The time-share instrument shall contain the following: 1. The name of the time-share project, which shall include or be followed by a qualifying adjective or term outlined in § 55.1-2205 ; 2. The name of the locality and the state or situs in which the time-share project is situated; 3. The legal description, street address, or other description sufficient to identify the time-share project; 4. A legally sufficient description of the real estate constituting the time-share project; 5. A statement of the form of time-share program, i.e., whether it is a time-share estate or time-share use; 6. Identification of time periods by letter, name, number, or combination thereof; 7. Identification of time-shares and, where applicable, the method by which additional time-shares may be created or withdrawn; 8. The formula, fraction, or percentage of the common expenses and any voting rights assigned to each time-share; 9. Any restrictions on the use, occupancy, enjoyment, alteration, or alienation of time-shares; 10. The ownership interest, if any, in personal property available to time-share owners; 11. The program by which the managing entity, if any, will provide management of the project; 12. The period for which units are designated and committed to the time-share program and the property classification of the units at the expiration of such period; 13. Any provision for amending the time-share instrument; 14. A description of the events, including condemnation and damage or destruction, upon which the time-share program may or shall be terminated before the expiration of its full term and the consequences of such termination, including the manner in which the time-share project or the proceeds from the disposition of such project shall be held or distributed among owners; 15. A statement of whether or not the developer reserves the right to add to or delete any incidental benefit; 16. A statement of whether or not the developer reserves the right to add to or delete any alternative purchase; and 17. Such other matters as the developer deems appropriate. B. In order to create a time-share program for a time-share use project, the developer shall (i) execute and record a time-share instrument as required by subsection A or (ii) execute a time-share instrument that takes the form of and is a part of the contract that contains the information required by subsection A. C. If the developer explicitly reserves the right to develop additional time-shares, the time-share instrument shall also contain the following: 1. A legally sufficient description of all land that may be added to the time-share project, which shall be referred to as "additional land"; 2. A statement outlining the order in which portions of the additional land may be subjected to the exercise of each development right or a statement that no assurances are made in that regard; 3. A statement of the time limit upon which the option to develop shall expire, together with a statement of the circumstances, if any, that will terminate that option prior to the expiration of the specified time limit; 4. A statement of the maximum number of units that may be added to the time-share project, if known, or, if the maximum number of units that may be added to the time-share project is not known, a statement to that effect; and 5. A statement of the property classification of the additional land if the developer fails to exercise the development rights as reserved in the time-share instrument. 1981, c. 462, § 55-367; 1985, c. 517; 1994, c. 55.1-2205 ; 1998, c. 55.1-2205 ; 2019, c. 55.1-2205 . |