Validating Certain Acts, Deeds, and Acknowledgments

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This is Article 5 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Validating Certain Acts, Deeds, and Acknowledgments.” It is part of Chapter 6 “Recordation of Documents”, which is part of Subtitle II “Real Estate Settlements and Recordation”, which is part of Title 55.1 “Property and Conveyances”. It contains 22 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 22 sections.

§ 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