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Such assignment, transfer, or endorsement shall reference the book and page where the original debt secured on real estate or personal property is recorded. And where such transfer by the payee is so entered in the proper book, subsequent transfers may likewise be entered in the same manner and with like effect. Provided, however, this section shall not apply to conditional sales contracts of personal property.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1354984,"text":"Whenever any debt secured on real estate or personal property by a mechanics’ or crop lien has been assigned, transferred, or endorsed to another, in whole or in part by the original payee thereof, such payee, assignee, transferee, or endorsee may cause a memorandum or statement of the assignment to such assignee, transferee, or endorsee to be recorded, which memorandum or statement shall be signed by the assignor, transferrer, or endorser, or his duly authorized agent or attorney, and when so signed and the signature thereto attested by the clerk in whose office such encumbrance is recorded the same shall operate as a notice of such assignment and transfer. Such assignment, transfer, or endorsement shall reference the book and page where the original debt secured on real estate or personal property is recorded. And where such transfer by the payee is so entered in the proper book, subsequent transfers may likewise be entered in the same manner and with like effect. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 2014, chapter 330<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1448521,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363706,"identifier":"43-65","token":"43\/8\/43-65","url":"\/43-65\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/43-65\/","token":"43\/8\/43-65","dublin_core":{"Title":"Protection of assignees, transferees or endorsees of debts secured by mechanics’ or crop liens","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 43-65","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any debt secured on real estate or personal property by a mechanics’ or crop lien<\/span> has been assigned, transferred, or endorsed to another, in whole or in part by the original payee thereof, such payee, assignee, transferee, or endorsee may cause a memorandum<\/span> or statement of the assignment to such assignee, transferee, or endorsee to be recorded, which memorandum<\/span> or statement shall be signed by the assignor, transferrer, or endorser, or his duly authorized agent or attorney, and when so signed and the signature thereto attested by the clerk in whose office such encumbrance is recorded the same shall operate as a notice of such assignment and transfer. Such assignment, transfer, or endorsement shall reference the book and page where the original debt secured on real estate or personal property is recorded. And where such transfer by the payee is so entered in the proper book, subsequent transfers may likewise be entered in the same manner and with like effect. Provided, however, this section shall not apply to conditional sales contracts<\/span> of personal property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROTECTION OF ASSIGNEES, TRANSFEREES OR ENDORSEES OF DEBTS SECURED BY\nMECHANICS’ OR CROP LIENS (\u00a7 43-65)\n\nWhenever any debt secured on real estate or personal property by a\nmechanics’ or crop lien has been assigned, transferred, or endorsed to\nanother, in whole or in part by the original payee thereof, such payee,\nassignee, transferee, or endorsee may cause a memorandum or statement of the\nassignment to such assignee, transferee, or endorsee to be recorded, which\nmemorandum or statement shall be signed by the assignor, transferrer, or\nendorser, or his duly authorized agent or attorney, and when so signed and the\nsignature thereto attested by the clerk in whose office such encumbrance is\nrecorded the same shall operate as a notice of such assignment and transfer.\nSuch assignment, transfer, or endorsement shall reference the book and page\nwhere the original debt secured on real estate or personal property is recorded.\nAnd where such transfer by the payee is so entered in the proper book,\nsubsequent transfers may likewise be entered in the same manner and with like\neffect. Provided, however, this section shall not apply to conditional sales\ncontracts of personal property.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6457; 1932, p. 548; 1934, p. 249; 2014, c. 330.","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"}}