Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; aircraft noise. Requires that the owner of a residential real property include in the residential property disclosure statement provided to a potential purchaser of such residential real property a statement that the owner makes no representations or warranties with respect to the property's proximity to a public use airport nor any noise from aircraft due to the proximity of the property to flight operations. The bill also requires the Department of Aviation to establish and provide to the Real Estate Board by July 31, 2025, a website address that allows purchasers to access public use airport aircraft noise zone maps and requires the Real Estate Board to provide such website address on the residential property disclosure statement. The bill also provides that such maps may be provided to the Department by either a public use airport operator or a locality that has adopted one or more noise overlay zones as an amendment to its zoning map. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 5.1-1.6, 55.1-703, 55.1-714
General Laws and Technology Substitute : 55.1-703
General Laws and Technology Substitute: 55.1-703