If any person conveys any real estate and the purchase money or any part thereof remains unpaid at the time of the conveyance, he shall not thereby have a lien for such unpaid purchase money, unless such lien is expressly reserved on the face of the conveyance.
Code 1919, § 5183; Code 1950, § 55-53; 2019, c. 712.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 3 - Form and Effect of Deeds and Covenants; Liens
§ 55.1-300.1. Certificate of Release of Certain Prohibited Covenants
§ 55.1-302. Construction of generic terms
§ 55.1-303. Appurtenances, etc., included in deed of land
§ 55.1-304. Relocation of easement
§ 55.1-305. Enjoyment of easement
§ 55.1-306.1. Utility easements; expansion of broadband
§ 55.1-307. Public road easements; maintenance and improvements
§ 55.1-308. Private roads; public use; maintenance and improvements
§ 55.1-309. Deeds good between parties
§ 55.1-310. Conveyance of property not owned but subsequently acquired
§ 55.1-311. Vendor's equitable lien abolished
§ 55.1-312. Certain deeds to county real estate validated
§ 55.1-313. Validation of sales, etc., by county courts prior to 1860
§ 55.1-315. Effect of option; recording
§ 55.1-316. Form of deed of trust to secure debts, etc.
§ 55.1-317. Requirements for trustees
§ 55.1-318.1. Effect of amendment to loan document on deed of trust
§ 55.1-319. Priority of residential refinance mortgage over subordinate mortgage
§ 55.1-320. How deed of trust construed; duties, rights, etc., of parties
§ 55.1-321. Notices required before sale by trustee to owners, lienors, etc.; if note lost
§ 55.1-322. Advertisement required before sale by trustee
§ 55.1-323. Contents of advertisements of sale
§ 55.1-324. Powers and duties of trustee in event of sale under or satisfaction of deed of trust
§ 55.1-325. Meaning of phrases that may be included in deed of trust
§ 55.1-326. Evidences of indebtedness placed on equal footing
§ 55.1-327. Sales under deeds of trust that contain no maturity date or provision authorizing sale
§ 55.1-328. Validation of conveyances of real property under trust instrument not authorizing sale
§ 55.1-329. Permissible form for notice of sale under deed of trust
§ 55.1-330. Construction of deeds requiring notice by advertisement in newspaper
§ 55.1-331. Disposition of surplus from trustee's sale after death of grantor
§ 55.1-332. Title to real estate sold not affected by nonlisting of secured notes for taxation
§ 55.1-333. Validation of certain sales made under deeds of trust
§ 55.1-334. Validation of certain sales made under deeds of trust prior to October 1, 1977
§ 55.1-335. Validation of other sales under deeds of trust
§ 55.1-337. Required notice of foreclosure or repossession of manufactured home
§ 55.1-338. Release to person dead inures to successors
§ 55.1-339. Release of deed of trust or other lien
§ 55.1-340. Release by financial institution upon payment of debt placed with it for collection
§ 55.1-341. Partial satisfaction
§ 55.1-342. Permissible form for certificate of satisfaction or certificate of partial satisfaction
§ 55.1-343. Where certificates of satisfaction are to be indexed
§ 55.1-344. Releases made by court; costs and attorney fees
§ 55.1-345. Recordation of certificate of satisfaction, etc., required when release of lien recorded
§ 55.1-348. Document of rescission; effect; liability for wrongful recording
§ 55.1-349. Secured creditor to submit satisfaction for recording; liability for failure
§ 55.1-350. Form and effect of satisfaction
§ 55.1-351. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
§ 55.1-353. Effect of word "covenants."
§ 55.1-354. Effect of covenant of general warranty
§ 55.1-355. Covenant of special warranty
§ 55.1-357. Implied warranties on new homes
§ 55.1-358. Effect of certain transfer fee covenants
§ 55.1-359. Covenant of "right to convey."
§ 55.1-360. Covenant for "quiet possession" and "free from all encumbrances."
§ 55.1-361. Covenant for "further assurances."