55-79.52 - Validity of condominium instruments; discrimination prohibited.

§ 55-79.52. Validity of condominium instruments; discrimination prohibited.

A. All provisions of the condominium instruments shall be deemed severable,and any unlawful provision thereof shall be void.

B. No provision of the condominium instruments shall be deemed void by reasonof the rule against perpetuities.

C. No restraint on alienation shall discriminate or be used to discriminateon any basis prohibited under the Virginia Fair Housing Law (§ 36-96.1 etseq.).

D. Subject to the provisions of subsection C, the rule of property law knownas the rule restricting unreasonable restraints on alienation shall not beapplied to defeat any provision of the condominium instruments restrainingthe alienation of condominium units other than such units as may berestricted to residential use only.

(1974, c. 416; 1975, c. 415; 1998, cc. 32, 454.)