Va. Code § 55.1-1972

A. Unless the method of offer or disposition is adopted for the purpose of evasion of this chapter, the provisions of §§ 55.1-1974 through 55.1-1979 , subsections B and D of § 55.1-1982 , and §§ 55.1-2308 and 55.1-2309 do not apply to: 1. Dispositions pursuant to court order; 2. Dispositions by any government or government agency; 3. Offers by the declarant on nonbinding reservation agreements; 4. Dispositions in a residential condominium in which there are three or fewer units, so long as the condominium instruments do not reserve to the declarant the right to create additional condominium units; or 5. A disposition of a unit by a sale at an auction where a current public offering statement or resale certificate was made available as part of an auction package for prospective purchasers prior to the auction sale. B. In cases of dispositions in a condominium where all units are restricted to nonresidential use, the provisions of §§ 55.1-1974 through 55.1-1983 shall not apply, unless the method of offer or disposition is adopted for the purpose of evasion of this chapter. 1974, c. 416, § 55-79.87; 1975, c. 415; 1984, c. 427; 1993, c. 667; 2007, c. 266 ; 2012, c. 325 ; 2015, c. 277 ; 2019, c. 712 ; 2023, cc. 387 , 388 .