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House passes eviction‑procedure changes after lawmakers remove 'reclamation' period; critics warn of constitutional risk
Summary
The House passed House Bill 7 67, altering eviction notice procedures and removing a reclamation period, a change that prompted at least one member to warn the measure may still conflict with constitutional limits cited by the Fourth Circuit.
The House of Delegates on March 20 passed House Bill 7 67, a measure that alters procedures for landlord‑tenant actions including notices related to writs of restitution and the timing of evictions.
On the floor the committee chair said the Senate "struck the reclamation period that we spent so much time discussing on the house floor" and changed notice provisions, creating more local flexibility in the notice period. "So the senate struck the reclamation period... they altered the notice part of the bill which didn't get nearly as much interest on the floor but they made that so…
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