Business registration deadline
Businesses operating in the city, including rental-income activity, must register and obtain a business license annually by March 1.
Source: City of Falls Church(opens in a new tab)
Falls Church, VA.
Falls Church is a small independent city in Virginia. RS Managed manages rentals here from its Bethesda office, for 8% of monthly rent.
- Virginia
- Rental license: depends
Photo: Falls Church, VA, Ser Amantio di Nicolao / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who licenses rentals.
Falls Church is an independent Virginia city. The VRLTA governs landlord-tenant relations statewide.
Rental license for a home or condo
Depends.
City of Falls Church, Commissioner of the Revenue
Falls Church requires an annual business license for anyone renting property for income, with a specific tax rate for owner-residential rentals and no fee at gross receipts of $10,000 or less.
Source: City of Falls Church(opens in a new tab)Local rules.
What an owner renting in Falls Church has to know, each linked to the official page.
Source-of-income and military-status protection
Virginia's statewide fair housing law protects source of income and military status, applying equally to landlords in Falls Church.
Source: Virginia DPOR(opens in a new tab)State law.
Rules that apply across Virginia, not only in Falls Church.
Security deposit maximum
A Virginia landlord may not demand or receive a security deposit worth more than two months' periodic rent.
Source: Virginia Code §55.1-1226(opens in a new tab)Security deposit return deadline
The landlord must give the tenant an itemized written accounting and any refund due within 45 days after the tenancy ends and the tenant vacates, whichever is later.
Source: Virginia Code §55.1-1226(opens in a new tab)Required lease disclosures
Landlords with actual knowledge must give written disclosures covering visible mold, unremediated defective drywall, and prior methamphetamine manufacture before the lease is signed.
Source: Virginia Code §§55.1-1215, 1218, 1219(opens in a new tab)Military air installation disclosure
In localities with a military air installation, landlords must disclose in writing whether the rental property lies in a noise zone or accident potential zone.
Source: Virginia Code §55.1-1217(opens in a new tab)Services in Falls Church.
All six, from one local team.
- Full-Service Property Management8% of monthly rent. That's the whole fee — no admin line, no setup cost.
- Leasing & Tenant PlacementMarketing, showings, and uniform written screening criteria applied to every applicant. Under 14 days to fill.
- Rent Collection & DisbursementOn-time rent collection and owner disbursement, with a 100% on-time record across the portfolio.
- Maintenance Coordination24-hour maintenance response, vendor coordination, and routine inspections on every property.
- Licensing & ComplianceRental licensing, inspections, and lease renewals handled for you. Licensed in MD, DC, and VA.
- Owner Reporting & Performance TrackingYear-end records plus appreciation, principal paydown, and NOI tracked on every property we manage.
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