Are renters in Rappahannock County required to buy renter's insurance?
The Commonwealth of Virginia does not require that renters in Rappahannock County to buy a renter's insurance policy. However, our leases require that tenants pay for renter’s insurance to cover losses of the tenant's personal property due to theft, fire, renter negligence, or if someone is injured at the rental property. A’s insurance policy protects the rental dwelling from loss, but not the tenant’s personal property if it is damaged, destroyed or stolen. Please contact your insurance agent to let them know that you are putting your property into service.
Landlord Reference
a useful source for property owners in Rappahannock County
- Before you put a renter in your investment in Rappahannock County
- Collections and evictions
- Communications with the renter
- During tenancy
- End of tenancy and what happens when a tenant breaks the lease
- How does the property owner get paid?
- How your rental manager handles the association and your community
- How your management company handles utilities
- How we find renters
- Insurance matters for landlords using our property management
- How Nesbitt Management handles keys
- Rappahannock County landlord responsibilities
- Maintenance, repairs & inspections for your rental investment in Rappahannock County
- The move-in inspection
- Property management information form
- Selling a 1031 tax exchange & more
- Starting our management of your property
- When owners don't yet know their new address
- Vetting tenants in Rappahannock County