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