# Virginia — HOA/condo assessment lien and foreclosure notice requirements by US state — quoted from the state common-interest-community statute

For Virginia, written notice required is at least 10 days; notice required before is filing a memorandum of lien; minimum delinquency before foreclosure is in excess of $5,000, exclusive of attorney fees and costs; statute is Va. Code § 55.1-1833(C), (I), recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Virginia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Written notice required:** at least 10 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notice required before:** filing a memorandum of lien _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum delinquency before foreclosure:** in excess of $5,000, exclusive of attorney fees and costs _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Va. Code § 55.1-1833(C), (I) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> C. Prior to filing a memorandum of lien, a written notice shall be sent to the property owner by certified mail, at the property owner's last known address, informing the property owner that a memorandum of lien will be filed in the circuit court clerk's office of the applicable county or city. The notice shall be sent at least 10 days before the actual filing date of the memorandum of lien.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Minimum delinquency before foreclosure

> I. The association may conduct a judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure sale upon a lot against which the association has perfected one or more liens pursuant to this section if the total sums secured are in excess of $5,000, exclusive of attorney fees and costs.

### Statute

> § 55.1-1833. Lien for assessments; foreclosure

## Source

- https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title55.1/chapter18/section55.1-1833/

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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