Racial Covenants Legally Prohibited in Communities of Virginia

Racial Covenants Legally Prohibited in Communities of Virginia

The following was added to the Code of Virginia: 36-96.6. Certain restrictive covenants void; instruments containing such covenants. Any restrictive covenant and any related reversionary interest, purporting to restrict occupancy or ownership of property on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability, whether heretofore or hereafter included in an instrument affecting the title to real or leasehold property, are declared to be void and contrary to the public policy of the Commonwealth.