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