King and Queen County, Virginia Eviction Risk: Low

King and Queen County sits in the Middle Peninsula of Virginia eviction laws, a lightly populated rural jurisdiction where eviction risk registers at 3.4/10 (Low) -- placing it 125th out of 132 Virginia counties ranked from highest to lowest risk. With 129 counties carrying a higher eviction-risk score and only 2 ranked lower, this is firmly in the lower-risk third of the state. For landlords evaluating exposure and tenants sizing up protections, that position reflects both the county's quiet rental market and Virginia eviction laws's relatively streamlined eviction framework.

The county's only tracked locality is King and Queen Court House, which carries a 3.4/10 score -- matching the county average exactly, as expected for a small unincorporated seat with a renter population of just 43 people. Average rent runs $971 per month, and the rent burden sits at 27.3% of renter income -- below the 30% threshold that housing researchers typically flag as cost-stressed. The renter share of households is 52.4%, a meaningful proportion for a county of this size, and the poverty rate of 18.7% puts some economic pressure on that renter pool. Those underlying conditions help explain why the county's eviction risk lands where it does: real financial fragility exists, but the absence of dense urban rental housing keeps the raw case volume -- and the structural risk score -- subdued. Compared to the Virginia state average of 4.3/10, King and Queen County lands noticeably lower, reflecting how sharply rural Middle Peninsula counties diverge from Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads on this metric.

Landlords operating here fall under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Va. Code § 55.1-1200 et seq.), the statewide framework that applies uniformly across all 132 Virginia counties. There is no local rent control -- Virginia state law preempts any municipality from enacting its own cap -- and no just-cause eviction requirement. Landlords must provide 24 hours' notice before entering a unit under Va. Code § 55.1-1220. For nonpayment of rent, the required written notice period is 5 days under Va. Code § 55.1-1245 before a landlord can file for possession. A material lease violation triggers a 21-day cure notice (Va. Code § 55.1-1245(A)), while a non-curable material breach requires a 30-day notice (Va. Code § 55.1-1245(B)). Month-to-month tenancies also require 30 days' notice to terminate under Va. Code § 55.1-1253. Court filing fees range from $58 to $90, sheriff lockout fees from $40 to $150, and attorney costs typically run $500 to $3,000 for contested matters. An uncontested eviction resolves in roughly 21 to 45 days; contested cases can stretch 45 to 120 days. Source-of-income discrimination is not a protected class under Virginia law at this time.

King and Queen County's 3.4/10 score reflects a rural rental market with moderate poverty (18.7%) and manageable rent burden (27.3%), operating under Virginia eviction laws's uniform statewide landlord-tenant framework with no local rent control or just-cause protections layered on top.