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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 52 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 1983 \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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1386683,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348881,"identifier":"15.2-5707","token":"15.2\/IV\/57\/15.2-5707","url":"\/15.2-5707\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5707\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/57\/15.2-5707","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recordation of conveyances of real estate to park authorities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5707","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No deed purporting to convey real estate to a park<\/span> authority<\/span> shall be recorded unless accepted by a person authorized to act on behalf of the park<\/span> authority<\/span>, which acceptance shall appear on the face thereof.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDATION OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE TO PARK AUTHORITIES (\u00a7 15.2-5707)\n\nNo deed purporting to convey real estate to a park authority shall be recorded\nunless accepted by a person authorized to act on behalf of the park authority,\nwhich acceptance shall appear on the face thereof.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 52, \u00a7 15.1-1232.3; 1997, c. 587.","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"}}