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Virginia’s Real Estate Board does not publish a government residential purchase-agreement blank for ordinary home resales. If a broker or agent is handling the offer, use the brokerage’s current authorized agreement and addenda. If no brokerage is preparing the agreement, have a Virginia real-estate attorney prepare or review the written contract before anyone signs. Virginia’s official property-disclosure process is separate from the purchase agreement. Choose your situation:
Ask the brokerage which current authorized purchase agreement and addenda apply. Virginia REALTORS® maintains an industry Residential Contract of Purchase, but it is not a government form and is not legally required for every transaction.
See the broker-assisted pathVirginia does not provide a government FSBO purchase-agreement blank. Have a Virginia real-estate attorney prepare or review the written contract before signing, including the required Choice of Settlement Agent language.
See the FSBO contract pathFor a covered transfer of one-to-four-unit residential property, the owner must notify the purchaser of the current Residential Property Disclosure Act disclosures before the purchase contract is ratified. The official statement is mainly a buyer-beware due-diligence notice—not a seller-completed condition questionnaire. Complete the DPOR Seller and Purchaser Acknowledgement Form and check the forms hub for any property-specific written disclosures.
Open current DPOR disclosure materialsPublicLegal does not sell a Virginia REALTORS® purchase-contract lookalike. When the official DPOR disclosure materials are the right documents, we link you to them.
Virginia law and forms checked August 2026 · Sources include Va. Code §§55.1-700–714, 55.1-1007, 11-2; DPOR Residential Property Disclosure Statement (eff. July 1, 2026); EPA lead
PublicLegal provides independent self-help guidance and links to official Virginia sources. We do not sell or reproduce Virginia REALTORS® purchase contracts.
An accepted home-purchase contract may bind the parties. Virginia does not provide a general cancel-for-any-reason period. If required disclosures arrive after ratification, the limited statutory termination right under §55.1-709 can expire in three or five days—or earlier at settlement, occupancy, a qualifying mortgage application, or a separate written waiver. Termination under §55.1-709 must be given by written notice delivered by an authorized method (including hand delivery, qualifying mail with proof, electronic delivery, or overnight delivery) before the applicable deadline or earlier cutoff at settlement, occupancy, or deed recordation. A narrow statutory exception applies in specified noise-zone cases.
Editorial summary based on the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act (Va. Code §§55.1-700–714), including pre-ratification notification and limited late-delivery termination in §55.1-709; the current DPOR Residential Property Disclosure Statement (effective July 1, 2026) and Seller and Purchaser Acknowledgement Form; land-sale writing rules in §11-2; Choice of Settlement Agent requirements in §55.1-1007; brokerage-relationship disclosure in §54.1-2138; Common Interest Community resale rules in Title 55.1 Chapter 23.1; and EPA lead guidance. Confirm the current statute text and DPOR forms before relying on deadlines. PublicLegal does not sell a Virginia purchase-agreement substitute on this page.
The purchase agreement creates the parties’ contractual obligations. The DPOR Residential Property Disclosure Statement is a separate statutory buyer-beware notice. Fact-specific affirmative disclosures and common-interest resale certificates are additional tracks when they apply. The deed transfers title later at settlement. Do not treat a deed form as a substitute for the purchase agreement.
Virginia does not issue one free government residential purchase blank for ordinary resales. Licensed practice often uses brokerage-authorized or Virginia REALTORS® forms. Industry access rules do not make those forms “official state” purchase contracts, and PublicLegal does not sell lookalikes.
Virginia is not an attorney-only closing state. Authorized settlement agents can include attorneys, title companies or agents, brokers, and certain financial institutions, subject to registration and other legal conditions. Only a retained Virginia lawyer may provide legal advice in that role.
If a Virginia real-estate broker or agent is handling your transaction, that professional typically selects and supplies the current purchase agreement and addenda authorized by the brokerage. Many brokerages use Virginia REALTORS® forms, including the Residential Contract of Purchase (Form 600). Those are industry forms—not free public government purchase blanks and not PublicLegal products. Ask which form and revision is being used.
Brokerage-relationship disclosure under Va. Code §54.1-2138 is a separate document from the purchase contract. It addresses representation when a licensee has a substantive discussion about specific property with an unrepresented person. Do not confuse that disclosure with the Residential Property Disclosure Act materials.
Your broker should also coordinate notification of the current DPOR residential property disclosures before ratification when Chapter 7 applies. PublicLegal does not host, sell, or reproduce Virginia REALTORS® purchase agreements. Read financing, inspection, earnest money, title, settlement, possession, and default provisions carefully before signing.
Virginia does not publish a free statewide government purchase-agreement blank for ordinary FSBO resales. An action upon a contract for the sale of real estate generally requires a writing signed by the party to be charged or that party’s agent (Va. Code §11-2). That is a statute-of-frauds enforcement rule—not a free public form library. For attorney help, start with the Virginia Lawyer Referral Service linked in Official sources.
The safer contract path is a Virginia real-estate attorney who prepares or reviews the agreement before anyone signs. Contracts for the purchase of real estate containing not more than four residential dwelling units must include the statutory Choice of Settlement Agent language in at least 10-point boldface type (Va. Code §55.1-1007). Do not rely on random internet blanks labeled “Virginia.”
FSBO sellers remain subject to the Residential Property Disclosure Act when the transfer is covered, unless an exemption applies. Use the current DPOR statement, acknowledgement form, and any applicable affirmative disclosures. Federal lead rules still apply to most pre-1978 housing. Select a settlement agent early. PublicLegal does not sell a Virginia purchase-agreement substitute on this page.
The Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act (Va. Code §§55.1-700–714) generally applies to transfers by sale, exchange, installment land sales contract, or lease with option to buy of residential real property consisting of one to four dwelling units, whether or not a licensee is involved (§55.1-701). Statutory exemptions include certain court-ordered, foreclosure, fiduciary, co-owner, family, tax-failure, and governmental transfers, and the first sale of a dwelling—subject to important limits, including builder duties and military air-installation rules (§55.1-702).
For covered transfers, the owner furnishes a residential property disclosure statement provided by the Real Estate Board on its website (§55.1-703). The current DPOR statement (effective July 1, 2026) is principally a buyer-beware due-diligence notice: the owner makes no representations on many listed topics and purchasers are advised to investigate condition, boundaries, adjacent uses, wastewater, flood risk, easements, and other matters. It is not a multi-page seller-completed condition questionnaire like some other states use.
Parties also use the Board’s Seller and Purchaser Acknowledgement Form documenting that the purchaser has been advised of the disclosures on the Board website (§55.1-714). Separately, fact-specific affirmative written disclosures can be required—for example military air-installation zones (§55.1-704), pending building-code or zoning violations (§55.1-706), prior methamphetamine manufacture without required cleanup (§55.1-708), privately owned stormwater facilities (§55.1-708.1), and other Board forms on the DPOR hub.
Timing is critical. The owner must provide notification of required disclosures before ratification of a real estate purchase contract, or the purchaser may have a limited right to terminate under §55.1-709. If disclosures are delivered after ratification, the purchaser’s sole statutory remedy for that lateness is to terminate upon or prior to the earliest of: (i) three days after in-person or electronic delivery; (ii) five days after the postmark if mailed USPS postage prepaid and properly addressed; (iii) settlement; (iv) purchaser occupancy; (v) the purchaser’s written mortgage-loan application containing a disclosure that the termination right ends upon that application; or (vi) a separate written waiver after receiving the disclosure statement. Compliant termination is without penalty and the deposit is returned. That limited clock is not a general cancel-for-any-reason cooling-off period.
Buyer-beware does not mean sellers may lie. §55.1-713 preserves actual-damages remedies for failure or misrepresentation under the Act and other remedies for intentional or willful misrepresentation of condition. No cause of action arises under the chapter solely for failure to disclose a homicide, felony, or suicide, or an occurrence with no effect on the physical structure or environment. At or before settlement, the owner must disclose material changes in the disclosures made relative to the property (§55.1-711).
Common-interest community resales are a separate track under Title 55.1 Chapter 23.1 (resale certificate delivery and related contract disclosures). Do not rely on older repealed POA/condo packet section numbers. Most housing built before 1978 also triggers federal lead-based paint disclosures and the EPA pamphlet.
Key points to keep straight:
When in doubt about what must be disclosed for your facts, ask Virginia counsel. Use the current DPOR materials and the actual signed purchase agreement.
We do not sell a Virginia purchase-agreement substitute. When you need a related PublicLegal product, these are optional and stage-specific. Deed product links are omitted here while separate Virginia deed-page legal copy is under remediation.
Use this as a practical sequence—not a substitute for advice on your facts.
Depending on the property and transaction, parties may also need to address:
The buyer-beware statement is not a warranty of condition. Preserve inspection and title rights in the signed agreement.
Contracts for the purchase of real estate containing not more than four residential dwelling units must include statutory Choice of Settlement Agent language in at least 10-point boldface type (Va. Code §55.1-1007). The purchaser or borrower has the right to select the settlement agent. The seller may not require a particular settlement agent as a condition of sale, and those statutory rights may not be waived by agreement.
Authorized settlement agents can include licensed attorneys, title insurance companies or agents, real estate brokers, and certain financial institutions, subject to registration and other legal conditions. A settlement agent coordinates documents and funds; only a retained Virginia lawyer may provide legal advice in that role.
A Virginia real-estate attorney can prepare or review the purchase agreement, advise on title objections, disclosure timing, common-interest documents, estate or entity authority, and custom terms. Consider counsel early in FSBO deals and whenever deadlines or documents are unclear.
The purchase agreement creates the sale obligations. The deed conveys title at settlement. PublicLegal is not currently linking Virginia deed product pages from this guidance page while separate deed-page legal copy is under remediation—ask your settlement agent or counsel which deed form fits your transaction.
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That keeps this page honest: orientation and primary-source links, not a substitute for brokerage-authorized forms or Virginia legal advice.
No. Virginia’s Real Estate Board does not currently publish a free statewide residential purchase agreement for ordinary resales. Brokered deals usually use the current brokerage-authorized form. PublicLegal does not sell a Virginia REALTORS® lookalike.
No. The official statement is mainly a buyer-beware due-diligence notice required under the Residential Property Disclosure Act. It is not the purchase agreement and is not a substitute for inspections or a multi-page seller condition report.
For covered transfers, the owner must provide notification of the required disclosures before the purchase contract is ratified. If disclosures arrive after ratification, the purchaser may have a limited statutory right to terminate under §55.1-709 subject to short clocks and earlier cutoffs.
No. There is no general cancel-for-any-reason cooling-off period for ordinary residential purchases. The three-day and five-day clocks in §55.1-709 apply to late delivery of required disclosures after ratification, and the right can end earlier at settlement, occupancy, a qualifying mortgage application, or a separate written waiver.
For purchase contracts involving not more than four residential dwelling units, the purchaser or borrower has the right to select the settlement agent. The contract must include statutory Choice of Settlement Agent language in at least 10-point boldface type, and the seller may not require a particular settlement agent as a condition of sale.
Virginia’s core official statement is not a universal multi-page seller condition questionnaire. It is a buyer-beware notice. Separate affirmative written disclosures can still be required when specific facts apply, and sellers remain exposed for intentional or willful misrepresentation.
Under §55.1-713, no cause of action arises against an owner or real-estate licensee under the chapter for failure to disclose that the property was the site of a homicide, felony, or suicide, or of an occurrence that had no effect on the physical structure or environment. That does not authorize intentional misrepresentation of physical condition.
Virginia does not publish a free official purchase-agreement blank for ordinary resales. Having a Virginia real-estate attorney prepare or review the written agreement before signature is the safer unrepresented path. This page is orientation, not representation.
No. The purchase agreement is the contract to buy and sell. Title typically transfers later by deed at settlement. A deed form is not a substitute for the purchase agreement.
PublicLegal provides self-help forms and information. This is not legal advice. Real estate purchase and disclosure rules vary by state and transaction. Confirm requirements for your property with a qualified professional when needed.