Virginia Landlord Notice of Entry
Virginia Landlord Notice of Entry
Use this form for a planned, nonemergency entry only. Use a separate counsel-reviewed record for an emergency, court order, abandonment, surrender, extended absence, or contemporaneous tenant consent.
Virginia Entry Gate
Va. Code § 55.1-1229(A)(1), (4) permits access for inspection, repairs, services, and specified showings. Except in an emergency or when notice is impractical, the landlord must give notice and enter at a reasonable time. For routine maintenance the tenant did not request, give at least 72 hours' notice unless impractical, perform it within 14 days after delivery, and state the last possible date of maintenance. Tenant-requested maintenance and other statutory routes require separate analysis.
- Required notice: At least 72 hours for unrequested routine maintenance unless impractical; other planned entry requires notice, with no numerical period stated in § 55.1-1229(A)(4)
- Permitted entry time: Reasonable time
- Lease, local, subsidy, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes
- Entry is not retaliatory, harassing, or excessive: ☐ Confirmed
1. Notice
Notice date: [__/__/____]
To tenant(s): [________________________________]
Rental premises/unit: [________________________________]
Landlord/property manager: [________________________________]
Notice is given that the landlord or authorized representatives intend to enter the dwelling unit as follows:
- Entry date: [__/__/____]
- Approximate start time: [________]
- Last possible maintenance date, if unrequested routine maintenance: [__/__/____]
- Expected time window/duration: [________________________________]
- Persons expected to enter and roles: [________________________________]
2. Purpose and Scope
- ☐ Inspect specified condition: [________________________________]
- ☐ Perform routine maintenance not requested by tenant; give at least 72 hours' notice and complete within 14 days: [________________________________]
- ☐ Make other necessary or agreed repairs/improvements: [________________________________]
- ☐ Supply necessary or agreed services: [________________________________]
- ☐ Exhibit to permitted prospective/actual persons: [________________________________]
Areas to be entered and work/inspection scope:
[____________________________________________________________]
The entry will be limited to the stated purpose and scope. No emergency or no-notice authority is claimed by this form.
3. Coordination and Safeguards
- Tenant presence: ☐ Not required ☐ Requested ☐ Agreed: [________________]
- Pets, alarms, gates, accessibility, or health precautions: [________________________________]
- Contact for questions or a lawful scheduling request: [________________________________]
- Alternate date/time, if agreed: [________________________________]
- Authorized representative will carry identification: ☐ Yes
- Entry completion/condition record will be retained: ☐ Yes
4. Delivery Record
Delivered by: [NAME / ROLE]
- Method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Posting/door delivery if permitted ☐ Mail ☐ Acknowledged electronic notice ☐ Other lawful method: [________]
- Delivery date/time: [________________________________]
- Recipient/address/account: [________________________________]
- Proof, acknowledgement, photo, or tracking retained: ☐ Yes
Landlord/agent signature and date: [________________________________]
Sources and References
- Va. Code § 55.1-1229 — Virginia Legislative Information System — https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title55.1/chapter12/section55.1-1229/
About this template
- Last updated
- November 10, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 10, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Va. Code § 55.1-1229(A)(1), (4)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 10, 2026.
Va. Code § 55.1-1229(A)(1) (checked November 10, 2026): "The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises; make necessary or agreed-upon repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements; supply necessary or agreed-upon services; or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen, or contractors."
Va. Code § 55.1-1229(A)(4), ordinary entry (checked November 10, 2026): "Except in case of emergency or if it is impractical to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant notice of his intent to enter and may enter only at reasonable times."
Va. Code § 55.1-1229(A)(4), unrequested routine maintenance (checked November 10, 2026): "Unless impractical to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant at least 72 hours' notice of routine maintenance to be performed that has not been requested by the tenant. Such routine maintenance shall be performed within 14 days of delivery of the notice to the tenant, and the notice shall state the last date on which the maintenance may possibly be performed."
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