Virginia § 55.1-408 - Where to be recorded
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§ 55.1-408. Where to be recorded
Notwithstanding that any writing is recorded in one county or city in which there is real estate or personal property, it nevertheless is void as to such creditors and purchasers in respect to other real estate or personal property without such recording until it is duly recorded in the county or city in which such other real estate or personal property may be located, but it shall be sufficient to record a deed releasing the lien of a deed of trust, in whole or in part, either in the county or city in which the property thereby released is located or in the county or city in which the property so released was situated at the time of the recordation of the deed of trust, and any recordation thereof so made of any such release is hereby validated.
Code 1919, § 5195; Code 1950, § 55-97; 2019, c. 712.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 55.1-408 ("Where to be recorded") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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