The provisions of this and any other chapter of the Code or of any subsequent statute, by virtue of which a writing is to be or may be recorded in the county or city in which the property embraced in such writing is located, shall be construed, in respect to the county, as relating only to property within the county and outside the corporate limits of the city having a court in which writings may be lawfully recorded, and, in respect to the city, as relating only to property within the corporate limits of such city having such a court.
Code 1919, § 5199; Code 1950, § 55-102; 2019, c. 712.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 4 - Fraudulent and Voluntary Conveyances; Writings Necessary to Be Recorded
§ 55.1-400. Void fraudulent acts; bona fide purchasers not affected
§ 55.1-402. Creditor's action to avoid such gifts, conveyances, assignments, transfers, or charges
§ 55.1-403. Creditor's action; attorney fees
§ 55.1-404. Authority of court to set aside
§ 55.1-405. Loans and reservations of a use or property to be recorded
§ 55.1-406. Certain recorded contracts as valid as deeds
§ 55.1-408. Where to be recorded
§ 55.1-409. Recordation of instruments affecting civil aircraft of United States
§ 55.1-410. Priority of writings when admitted to record same day
§ 55.1-411. When writings to be recorded in county, and when in city
§ 55.1-412. Words "creditors" and "purchasers," how construed
§ 55.1-413. Lien of subsequent purchaser for purchase money paid before notice
§ 55.1-414. When purchaser not affected by record of deed or contract