Code of Virginia
Chapter 6 - Recordation of Documents
§ 55.1-605. Power of attorney; where recorded

A power of attorney may be recorded in any county or city.
Code 1919, § 5203; Code 1950, § 55-107; 2019, c. 712.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances

Chapter 6 - Recordation of Documents

§ 55.1-600. When and where writings recorded

§ 55.1-601. Recording and indexing of certain documents showing changes of names

§ 55.1-602. Presumption that recorded writings are in proper form

§ 55.1-603. Deed of real estate investment trust

§ 55.1-604. When clerk may refuse document to be recorded

§ 55.1-605. Power of attorney; where recorded

§ 55.1-606. Standards for writings to be docketed or recorded

§ 55.1-607. When original of writing once recorded is lost, how copy recorded elsewhere

§ 55.1-608. Certifications of recordation upon copies of certain instruments and subsequent recordation in other county or city

§ 55.1-609. Correcting errors in deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages; affidavit

§ 55.1-610. Recordation of copy of lost deed previously recorded in what is now West Virginia

§ 55.1-611. Repealed

§ 55.1-612. Acknowledgment within the United States or its dependencies

§ 55.1-613. Acknowledgments outside of the United States and its dependencies

§ 55.1-614. Acknowledgments by persons subject to Uniform Code of Military Justice; validation of certain acknowledgments

§ 55.1-615. Acknowledgments taken before commissioned officers in military service

§ 55.1-616. "Notarial acts" defined; who may perform notarial acts outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth

§ 55.1-617. Proof of authority of person performing notarial act

§ 55.1-618. What person taking acknowledgment shall certify

§ 55.1-619. When form of certificate of acknowledgment accepted

§ 55.1-620. Meaning of "acknowledged before me."

§ 55.1-621. Statutory short forms of acknowledgment

§ 55.1-622. Application of article; article cumulative

§ 55.1-623. Uniform interpretation

§ 55.1-624. Deeds of corporations; how to be executed and acknowledged

§ 55.1-625. Acknowledgments on behalf of corporations and others

§ 55.1-626. Corporate acknowledgment taken before officer or stockholder

§ 55.1-627. Acts of notaries public, etc., who have held certain other offices

§ 55.1-628. Validation of acknowledgments when seal not affixed

§ 55.1-629. Acknowledgment taken by trustee in deed of trust

§ 55.1-630. Acknowledgment taken by trustee in deed of trust; later date

§ 55.1-631. Certain acknowledgments taken and certified before July 1, 1995

§ 55.1-632. Acknowledgments taken by certain justices of the peace, mayors, etc.

§ 55.1-633. Acknowledgments taken by officers after expiration of terms

§ 55.1-634. Acknowledgments taken by notaries in service during World War I

§ 55.1-635. Acknowledgments before foreign officials who failed to affix seals

§ 55.1-636. Acknowledgments taken by notaries in foreign countries

§ 55.1-637. Acknowledgments taken by officer who was spouse of grantee

§ 55.1-638. Acknowledgment when notary certifies erroneously as to expiration of commission

§ 55.1-639. Acknowledgments before officer of city or county consolidating, etc., prior to expiration date of commission

§ 55.1-640. Acknowledgments taken before notary whose commission has expired

§ 55.1-641. Acknowledgments taken before notary whose commission has expired; later date; intervening vested rights saved

§ 55.1-642. Acknowledgments taken before notary who was appointed but failed to qualify; vested rights saved

§ 55.1-643. Acknowledgments taken before a notary at large who failed to cite the jurisdiction in which the acknowledgment was taken; vested rights saved

§ 55.1-644. Deeds defectively executed by corporation

§ 55.1-645. Deeds to which corporate seal not affixed or not attested

§ 55.1-646. Acknowledgments of corporations taken by officers or stockholders

§ 55.1-647. Recordation certificate not signed by clerk

§ 55.1-648. Recordation certificate not signed by clerk; when clerk has died

§ 55.1-649. Recordation of judgments affecting title to land

§ 55.1-650. Judgments of United States courts affecting realty

§ 55.1-651. Orders in bankruptcy

§ 55.1-652. Certificates of commencement of case in bankruptcy

§ 55.1-653. Where notices and certificates affecting liens to be filed

§ 55.1-654. Certification of notices and certificates

§ 55.1-655. Duties of filing officers

§ 55.1-656. Fees of filing officers other than clerk of State Corporation Commission

§ 55.1-657. Fees of clerk of State Corporation Commission

§ 55.1-658. Construction of article

§ 55.1-659. Certificates and notices affecting liens filed on or before July 1, 1970

§ 55.1-660. No action to be brought against the State Corporation Commission or its staff

§ 55.1-661. Definitions

§ 55.1-662. Validity of electronically filed and recorded land records

§ 55.1-663. Recording of electronic documents among the land records

§ 55.1-664. Uniform standards

§ 55.1-665. Uniformity of application and construction

§ 55.1-666. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act