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Short answer: Virginia regulates onsite sewage systems statewide through the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) under the Sewage Handling and Disposal Regulations, with construction permits issued via local health departments.
Last updated: September 2026. This page summarizes public Virginia regulatory information for homeowner reference and is not legal advice — always confirm current requirements directly with the state or local agency cited below. ClickSeptic has not launched in any market and has zero operators onboarded anywhere today; this page does not claim ClickSeptic provides service in Virginia or anywhere else.
Virginia regulates onsite sewage systems statewide through the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) under the Sewage Handling and Disposal Regulations, with construction permits issued via local health departments.
No general statewide inspection-at-sale mandate for conventional systems. VDH recommends (not requires) inspection every 3 years for conventional systems. Alternative Onsite Sewage Systems (AOSS) are different: state rules require annual inspection by a licensed operator, codified, not just recommended.
No general statewide mandate for conventional systems (VDH recommends every 3-5 years based on size/use). One codified geographic exception: in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas, tanks must legally be pumped at least every 5 years under 9VAC25-830-130, unless a locality substitutes its own equivalent inspection program.
VDH construction permits are required for new systems, repairs, and alterations, typically requiring work by a DPOR-licensed Onsite Soil Evaluator; fees range roughly $225-$1,700 depending on system type and flow.
Virginia's mandatory 5-year pump-out specifically inside Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas is a genuinely narrow, geography-triggered codified rule (an environmental-watershed protection, not a general homeowner rule) -- worth flagging precisely because it does NOT apply statewide, only in the designated Bay watershed zone.
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