A ground rent agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be incorporated into the deed or other instrument of transfer in the following form:

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 55.1-1505

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Land: is a three-dimensional concept and includes parcels with upper or lower boundaries, or both upper and lower boundaries, as well as parcels extending ab solo usque ad coelum. See Virginia Code 55.1-1500
  • Obligee: means any person or entity to whom a residential ground rent is owed. See Virginia Code 55.1-1500
  • Obligor: means one or more individuals who are obligated to pay a residential ground rent. See Virginia Code 55.1-1500

This deed is subject to annual ground rent or charge as follows:

1. Date of agreement: ______;

2. Parties:

a. Obligor: ______; and

b. Obligee: ______;

3. Ground rent and any future adjustments to it: ______;

4. When payable: ______;

5. Duration: ______;

6. Original value of land: ______; and

7. Redemption price, if agreed on: ______.

1975, c. 363, § 55-79.06; 2019, c. 712.