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§ 55.1-600. When and where writings recorded - Except when it is otherwise provided, the circuit court of...
§ 55.1-601. Recording and indexing of certain documents showing changes of names - A duly authenticated copy of a marriage license with the...
§ 55.1-602. Presumption that recorded writings are in proper form - A writing that is not properly notarized in accordance with...
§ 55.1-603. Deed of real estate investment trust - Every deed that is to be recorded conveying property to...
§ 55.1-604. When clerk may refuse document to be recorded - A clerk may refuse any document for recording in which...
§ 55.1-605. Power of attorney; where recorded - A power of attorney may be recorded in any county...
§ 55.1-606. Standards for writings to be docketed or recorded - Except as provided in Article 4.1 (§ 17.1-258.2 et seq.)...
§ 55.1-607. When original of writing once recorded is lost, how copy recorded elsewhere - If it is proper for any writing that has been...
§ 55.1-608. Certifications of recordation upon copies of certain instruments and subsequent recordation in other county or city - Whenever a mortgage or deed of trust instrument upon real...
§ 55.1-609. Correcting errors in deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages; affidavit - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...
§ 55.1-610. Recordation of copy of lost deed previously recorded in what is now West Virginia - In any case when any deed was duly recorded before...
§ 55.1-611. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2019, c. 326, cl. 1 and c....
§ 55.1-612. Acknowledgment within the United States or its dependencies - A circuit court of any county or city, or the...
§ 55.1-613. Acknowledgments outside of the United States and its dependencies - A circuit court of any county or city, or the...
§ 55.1-614. Acknowledgments by persons subject to Uniform Code of Military Justice; validation of certain acknowledgments - A circuit court of any county or city, or the...
§ 55.1-615. Acknowledgments taken before commissioned officers in military service - A circuit court of any county or city, or clerk...
§ 55.1-616. "Notarial acts" defined; who may perform notarial acts outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth - A. For the purposes of this article, "notarial acts" means...
§ 55.1-617. Proof of authority of person performing notarial act - A. If the notarial act is performed by any of...
§ 55.1-618. What person taking acknowledgment shall certify - The person taking an acknowledgment shall certify that: 1. The...
§ 55.1-619. When form of certificate of acknowledgment accepted - The form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a...
§ 55.1-620. Meaning of "acknowledged before me." - For the purposes of this article, "acknowledged before me" means:...
§ 55.1-621. Statutory short forms of acknowledgment - The forms of acknowledgment set forth in this section may...
§ 55.1-622. Application of article; article cumulative - A notarial act performed prior to June 26, 1970, is...
§ 55.1-623. Uniform interpretation - This article shall be so interpreted as to make uniform...
§ 55.1-624. Deeds of corporations; how to be executed and acknowledged - All deeds made by corporations shall be signed in the...
§ 55.1-625. Acknowledgments on behalf of corporations and others - When any writing purports to have been signed on behalf...
§ 55.1-626. Corporate acknowledgment taken before officer or stockholder - Any notary or other officer duly authorized to take acknowledgments...
§ 55.1-627. Acts of notaries public, etc., who have held certain other offices - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings, taken...
§ 55.1-628. Validation of acknowledgments when seal not affixed - When a certificate of acknowledgment was made prior to July...
§ 55.1-629. Acknowledgment taken by trustee in deed of trust - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds of trust made and...
§ 55.1-630. Acknowledgment taken by trustee in deed of trust; later date - Any certificate of acknowledgment of any deed of trust, taken...
§ 55.1-631. Certain acknowledgments taken and certified before July 1, 1995 - All certificates of acknowledgments to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 55.1-632. Acknowledgments taken by certain justices of the peace, mayors, etc. - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 55.1-633. Acknowledgments taken by officers after expiration of terms - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 55.1-634. Acknowledgments taken by notaries in service during World War I - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 55.1-635. Acknowledgments before foreign officials who failed to affix seals - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings made...
§ 55.1-636. Acknowledgments taken by notaries in foreign countries - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 55.1-637. Acknowledgments taken by officer who was spouse of grantee - Any certificate of acknowledgment to a deed or other writings...
§ 55.1-638. Acknowledgment when notary certifies erroneously as to expiration of commission - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 55.1-639. Acknowledgments before officer of city or county consolidating, etc., prior to expiration date of commission - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 55.1-640. Acknowledgments taken before notary whose commission has expired - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 55.1-641. Acknowledgments taken before notary whose commission has expired; later date; intervening vested rights saved - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 55.1-642. Acknowledgments taken before notary who was appointed but failed to qualify; vested rights saved - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 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 - All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken...
§ 55.1-644. Deeds defectively executed by corporation - Any deed of conveyance of real estate executed in the...
§ 55.1-645. Deeds to which corporate seal not affixed or not attested - Any deed of conveyance of real estate executed within or...
§ 55.1-646. Acknowledgments of corporations taken by officers or stockholders - No acknowledgment heretofore taken to any deed or any writing...
§ 55.1-647. Recordation certificate not signed by clerk - A. All deeds, orders of probate, fiduciary accounts, and all...
§ 55.1-648. Recordation certificate not signed by clerk; when clerk has died - Any deed or other instrument or writing recorded before July...
§ 55.1-649. Recordation of judgments affecting title to land - The clerk of the court of any county or city...
§ 55.1-650. Judgments of United States courts affecting realty - A copy of any judgment or order of any United...
§ 55.1-651. Orders in bankruptcy - Certified copies of orders of adjudication of bankruptcy made pursuant...
§ 55.1-652. Certificates of commencement of case in bankruptcy - Certificates of commencement of case signed by clerks of bankruptcy...
§ 55.1-653. Where notices and certificates affecting liens to be filed - A. Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal...
§ 55.1-654. Certification of notices and certificates - Certification of notices of tax liens, certificates, or other notices...
§ 55.1-655. Duties of filing officers - A. If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of...
§ 55.1-656. Fees of filing officers other than clerk of State Corporation Commission - The fee to be paid to any officer other than...
§ 55.1-657. Fees of clerk of State Corporation Commission - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the fees for...
§ 55.1-658. Construction of article - This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to...
§ 55.1-659. Certificates and notices affecting liens filed on or before July 1, 1970 - If a notice of lien was filed on or before...
§ 55.1-660. No action to be brought against the State Corporation Commission or its staff - No action shall be brought against the State Corporation Commission...
§ 55.1-661. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 55.1-662. Validity of electronically filed and recorded land records - A. If a law requires, as a condition for recording,...
§ 55.1-663. Recording of electronic documents among the land records - A. A clerk of a circuit court who implements an...
§ 55.1-664. Uniform standards - In consultation with the circuit court clerks, the Executive Secretary...
§ 55.1-665. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this article, consideration shall be given...
§ 55.1-666. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - To the extent allowed by law, this article modifies, limits,...