SB649: Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; penalties for violation.

SENATE BILL NO. 649

Offered January 10, 2018
Prefiled January 10, 2018
A BILL to amend and reenact § 55-248.51 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; penalties for violation of chapter.
Patron-- McPike

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 55-248.51 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 55-248.51. Penalties for violation of chapter.

If the landlord acts in willful violation of §§ § 55-248.43, 55-248.45, 55-248.47 or § 55-248.50 or if the landlord fails to provide a written, dated lease, the tenant is entitled to recover from the landlord an amount equal to the greater of either three times the tenant's monthly rental payment at the time of the violation, or actual damages and reasonable attorney's attorney fees.