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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":1390265,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350036,"identifier":"17.1-260","token":"17.1\/2\/5\/17.1-260","url":"\/17.1-260\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-260\/","token":"17.1\/2\/5\/17.1-260","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recordation, effect and requisites of incorporating deed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-260","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person may record a deed of trust hereinafter referred to as an “incorporating deed,” which incorporates by reference any one or more of the provisions of a master deed recorded in the same clerk’s office. The provisions incorporated by reference shall be of the same force and effect and shall be as binding upon the parties to the incorporating deed and their successors in title as if fully set forth in the incorporating deed. No incorporating deed shall refer to more than one master deed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDATION, EFFECT AND REQUISITES OF INCORPORATING DEED (\u00a7 17.1-260)\n\nAny person may record a deed of trust hereinafter referred to as an\n“incorporating deed,” which incorporates by reference any one or\nmore of the provisions of a master deed recorded in the same clerk’s\noffice. The provisions incorporated by reference shall be of the same force and\neffect and shall be as binding upon the parties to the incorporating deed and\ntheir successors in title as if fully set forth in the incorporating deed. No\nincorporating deed shall refer to more than one master deed.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 8, \u00a7 17-83.4; 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"}}