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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1986, chapter 583; in 1987, chapter 186; in 1999, chapter 196<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1471811,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369197,"identifier":"55.1-108","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/1\/55.1-108","url":"\/55.1-108\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-108\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/1\/55.1-108","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conveyance of estate or interest in property by grantor to himself and another","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person having an estate or interest in real or personal property may convey such estate or interest to himself or to himself and another or others, including to himself and his spouse as tenants by the entirety or otherwise, and the fact<\/span> that one or more persons are both grantor or grantee or grantors and grantees in the same conveyance shall be no objection to the conveyance. The grantee or grantees in any such conveyance shall take title in like manner, and the estate vested in them shall be the same as if the conveyance had been made by one or more persons who are not also grantee or grantees.<\/p>

All such conveyances made prior to July 1, 1986, are validated notwithstanding defects in the form thereof that do not affect vested rights.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONVEYANCE OF ESTATE OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY BY GRANTOR TO HIMSELF AND ANOTHER\n(\u00a7 55.1-108)\n\nAny person having an estate or interest in real or personal property may convey\nsuch estate or interest to himself or to himself and another or others,\nincluding to himself and his spouse as tenants by the entirety or otherwise, and\nthe fact that one or more persons are both grantor or grantee or grantors and\ngrantees in the same conveyance shall be no objection to the conveyance. The\ngrantee or grantees in any such conveyance shall take title in like manner, and\nthe estate vested in them shall be the same as if the conveyance had been made\nby one or more persons who are not also grantee or grantees.\n\nAll such conveyances made prior to July 1, 1986, are validated notwithstanding\ndefects in the form thereof that do not affect vested rights.\n\nHISTORY: 1945, p. 39; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 5147a; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-9; 1986, c.\n583; 1987, c. 186; 1999, c. 196; 2019, c. 712.","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"}}