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Whenever any conservation easement is on lands that are part of or contain a historic place or landmark listed on either the National Register of Historic Places or the Virginia Landmarks Register, any notice required by this section shall also be given to the Director of the Department of Historic Resources.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1287454,"text":"Whenever any instrument conveying a conservation easement is recorded after July 1, 1988, the party responsible for recording it or his agent shall mail certified copies thereof, together with any attached plats and a notice specifying the date and place of recordation, to the commissioner of revenue for the local jurisdiction in which the real property subject thereto is located, the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, and to any other public body named in such instrument. 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 720 and 891 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2011, chapter 207<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370527,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345328,"identifier":"10.1-1012","token":"10.1\/I\/10.1\/10.1-1012","url":"\/10.1-1012\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1012\/","token":"10.1\/I\/10.1\/10.1-1012","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1012","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any instrument conveying a conservation easement<\/span> is recorded after July 1, 1988, the party<\/span> responsible for recording it or his agent shall mail certified copies thereof, together with any attached plats and a notice specifying the date and place of recordation, to the commissioner of revenue for the local jurisdiction<\/span> in which the real property subject thereto is located, the Director<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Conservation and Recreation, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, and to any other public body<\/span> named in such instrument. Whenever any conservation easement<\/span> is on lands that are part of or contain a historic place or landmark listed on either the National Register of Historic Places or the Virginia Landmarks Register, any notice required by this section shall also be given to the Director<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Historic Resources.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTIFICATION (\u00a7 10.1-1012)\n\nWhenever any instrument conveying a conservation easement is recorded after July\n1, 1988, the party responsible for recording it or his agent shall mail\ncertified copies thereof, together with any attached plats and a notice\nspecifying the date and place of recordation, to the commissioner of revenue for\nthe local jurisdiction in which the real property subject thereto is located,\nthe Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Virginia\nOutdoors Foundation, and to any other public body named in such instrument.\nWhenever any conservation easement is on lands that are part of or contain a\nhistoric place or landmark listed on either the National Register of Historic\nPlaces or the Virginia Landmarks Register, any notice required by this section\nshall also be given to the Director of the Department of Historic Resources.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 720, 891; 2011, c. 207.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}