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You will only owe the rent that is due through the termination date that you choose in the notice of termination, which must be at least thirty days after the first date on which the next rental payment is due. So, for example, if your rent is due on the 1st of the month and on September 9th, you give notice that you plan to terminate your lease, the termination date would be October 31st since you would still have to pay your next rent payment on October 1st for the month of October. The landlord cannot charge you additional money for terminating your lease if you follow all of the steps indicated in the law.1
However, if there are any co-tenants on the lease with you, they are still responsible to pay the rent for the rest of the lease. Their tenancy and the amount of rent owed on the apartment will not be affected by your early lease termination. If the abuser is the only remaining tenant on the least, the landlord has the choice to allow him/her to stay or the landlord can terminate the lease and collect “actual damages” for such termination against the abuser.2
1 Va. Code § 55.1-1236(B), (C), (D)
2 Va. Code § 55.1-1236(E)
