Pending | paragraphs 24 & 25 regarding Real Estate Settlement Agents
Regulations and Legal Aid Societies.
February 25, 2021
The proposed Paragraph 24 regarding Real Estate Settlement Agents (RESA)
Regulations, below, has been postponed for consideration by Council. The
proposed Paragraph 25 regarding Legal Aid Societies, will be considered by
Council as a new Paragraph 24 as its February meeting.
November 13, 2020
Proposed Additions to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Paragraphs
24 & 25, regarding Real Estate Settlement Agents (RESA) Regulations and Legal
Aid Societies, respectively.
These proposed additions to the Rules of Court add two new paragraphs to Part
6, Section IV, concerning the Integration of the State Bar, by replicating
regulations currently included in the Virginia Administrative Code (VAC). If
adopted by the Supreme Court, the VSB will seek to remove the regulations from
the VAC.
The additions are meant to remove regulations pertaining to lawyers and the
practice of law from the Administrative Code in favor of the Court’s Rules.
Proposed Paragraph 24, concerning RESA, is a nearly verbatim duplication of
the language found in the VAC at 15VAC5-80-10, et. seq. Proposed Paragraph 25
regarding Legal Aid Societies is a substantially similar duplication of the
language found in the VAC at 15VAC5-10-10, et seq. Minor edits to proposed
Paragraph 25 were made at the request of the Legal Services Corporation of
Virginia.
Inspection and Comment
The proposed opinion may be inspected below.
Any individual, business, or other entity may file or submit written comments
in support of or in opposition to the proposed opinion with Karen A. Gould,
executive director of the Virginia State Bar, not later than January 8, 2021.
Comments may be submitted via email to
[email protected].
The language of the two paragraphs can be found in the documentation below
with deletions indicated with strikethrough and insertions underlined.
view proposed Paragraph 24
regarding Real Estate Settlement Agents (RESA) Regulations (PDF)
Consideration postponed.
view proposed Paragraph 25 regarding Legal Aid Societies (PDF)
Now proposed Paragraph 24.
Updated: February 25, 2021, to explain the postponement of the new
paragraph regarding Real Estate Settlement Agents (RESA) Regulations
Updated: January 20, 2021, to remove the comment deadline
Originally posted November 13, 2020