A purchaser shall not, under this chapter, be affected by the record of a deed or contract made by a person under whom his title is not derived, nor by the record of a deed or contract made by any person under whom the title of such purchaser is derived, if it was made by such person before he acquired the legal title of record.
Code 1919, § 5201; Code 1950, § 55-105; 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