Chap. 369.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2785 and 2786 of the Code
of Virginia.

Approved December 10, 19063.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
twenty-seven hundred and eighty-five and twenty-seven hundred and
eighty-six of the Code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as read
as follows:

§ 2785. Notice to terminate a tenancy; on whom to be served; when
notice necessary.—A tenancy from year to year may be terminated by
either party giving notice, in writing, prior to the end of any year, for
three months if it be for land within, and for six months if for land with-
out a city or town, of his intention to terminate the same. A tenancy
from month to month may be terminated by either party giving thirty
days’ notice, in writing, prior to the end of the month, of his intention
to terminate the same. When such notice is to the tenant, it may be
served upon him or upon any one holding under him the leased: premises,
or any part thereof. When it is by the tenant, it may be served upon any
one who, at the time, owns the premises in whole or in part, or the agent
of such owner, or according to the common law. This section shall not
apply where, by special agreement, no notice is to be given; nor shall no-
tice be necessary from or to a tenant whose term is to end at a certain
time.

§ 2786. When tenant deserts premises, how landlord may enter, et
cetera.—If any tenant from whom rent is in arrear and unpaid shall de-
sert the demised premises and leave the same uncultivated or unoccupied,
without goods thereon subject to distress sufficient to satisfy the said rent,
the lessor or his agent may post a notice, in writing, upon a conspicuous
part of the premises, requiring the tenant to pay the said rent, in the
case of a monthly tenant within ten days, and in the case of a yearly ten-
ant within one month from the date of such notice. If the same be not
paid within the time specified in the notice, the lessor shall be entitled to
possession of the premises and may enter thereon, and the right of such
tenant thereto shall thenceforth be at an end; but the landlord may re-
cover the rent up to that time.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.