Virginia § 55.1-409 - Recordation of instruments affecting civil aircraft of United States
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 55.1-409 — Recordation of instruments affecting civil aircraft of United States, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 55.1-409. Recordation of instruments affecting civil aircraft of United States
No instrument that affects the title to or interest in any civil aircraft of the United States, as defined by federal law, or any portion of such aircraft, shall be valid in respect of such aircraft or portion of such aircraft against any person other than the person by whom the instrument is made or to whom the instrument is given, his heir or devisee, and any person having actual notice of such instrument, until such instrument is recorded in the office of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, or such other office as is designated by the laws of the United States as the one in which such instruments should be filed. Every such instrument so recorded in such office shall be valid as to all persons without further recordation in any office in the Commonwealth, the provisions of any other recordation statute to the contrary notwithstanding. Any instrument for which recordation is required by the provisions of this section shall take effect from the date of its recordation and not from the date of its execution.
1946, p. 387; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 5194a; Code 1950, § 55-100; 2019, c. 712.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 55.1-409 ("Recordation of instruments affecting civil aircraft of United States") 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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