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Such certificate of completion shall state that construction of the public use project for which the property was taken is complete and any temporary acquisitions have terminated. The clerk shall record the certificate of completion in the deed book and index in it the names of both (i) the person or persons who own the land at the time of the recordation of the certificate of completion and (ii) the condemnor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1326638,"text":"Upon completion of construction of any public use project for which a portion of private property was acquired by certificate, the condemnor shall, within 90 days of completion of construction, record a certificate of completion in the clerk’s office of the court where deeds are recorded. Such certificate of completion shall state that construction of the public use project for which the property was taken is complete and any temporary acquisitions have terminated. 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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 735<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1416863,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356258,"identifier":"25.1-319","token":"25.1\/3\/25.1-319","url":"\/25.1-319\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-319\/","token":"25.1\/3\/25.1-319","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certificates of completion","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-319","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon completion of construction of any public use project for which a portion of private property<\/span> was acquired by certificate<\/span>, the condemnor<\/span> shall, within 90 days of completion of construction, record a certificate<\/span> of completion in the clerk’s office of the court<\/span> where deeds are recorded. Such certificate<\/span> of completion shall state that construction of the public use project for which the property<\/span> was taken is complete and any temporary acquisitions have terminated. The clerk shall record the certificate<\/span> of completion in the deed book and index in it the names of both (i) the person<\/span> or persons<\/span> who own the land<\/span> at the time of the recordation of the certificate<\/span> of completion and (ii) the condemnor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION (\u00a7 25.1-319)\n\nUpon completion of construction of any public use project for which a portion of\nprivate property was acquired by certificate, the condemnor shall, within 90\ndays of completion of construction, record a certificate of completion in the\nclerk’s office of the court where deeds are recorded. Such certificate of\ncompletion shall state that construction of the public use project for which the\nproperty was taken is complete and any temporary acquisitions have terminated.\nThe clerk shall record the certificate of completion in the deed book and index\nin it the names of both (i) the person or persons who own the land at the time\nof the recordation of the certificate of completion and (ii) the condemnor.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, c. 735.","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"}}