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This law was first created in 1954. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 8 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 1954 \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 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1390261,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350035,"identifier":"17.1-259","token":"17.1\/2\/5\/17.1-259","url":"\/17.1-259\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-259\/","token":"17.1\/2\/5\/17.1-259","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recordation of master deed of trust; form and requisites","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-259","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person may record in any clerk’s office in the Commonwealth where deeds are recorded a form of a deed of trust, hereinafter referred to as a “master deed.” <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The master deed shall bear the caption “Master Deed of Trust,” and may contain any provisions not in conflict with law<\/span>. The provisions shall be numbered or lettered, clearly distinguishable one from the other, and susceptible of exact reference. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDATION OF MASTER DEED OF TRUST; FORM AND REQUISITES (\u00a7 17.1-259)\n\nA. Any person may record in any clerk’s office in the Commonwealth where\ndeeds are recorded a form of a deed of trust, hereinafter referred to as a\n“master deed.”\n\nB. The master deed shall bear the caption “Master Deed of Trust,”\nand may contain any provisions not in conflict with law. The provisions shall be\nnumbered or lettered, clearly distinguishable one from the other, and\nsusceptible of exact reference.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 8, \u00a7\u00a7 17-83.2, 17-83.3; 1998, c. 872.","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"}}