Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Virginia

early termination of lease

If the tenant has given a 30 day notice to terminate early due to military orders and then the orders are pushed back does the tenant have rights to staying in the place until the original lease is up?


Asked on 8/26/08, 9:45 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: early termination of lease

Probably not, unless the landlord agrees to it. I see nothing in the statute itself governing this issue that would appear to confer such a right. (See Va. Code Sec. 55-248.21:1.)

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Answered on 8/26/08, 10:03 am


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