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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1994, chapter 432<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":350066,"section_number":"17.1-275","catch_line":"Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275\/"},{"id":369344,"section_number":"55.1-1425","catch_line":"Written act of reentry to be returned and recorded and certificate of reentry published","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1425\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1473377,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369345,"identifier":"55.1-1426","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1426","url":"\/55.1-1426\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1426\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1426","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fee of clerk","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1426","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The clerk shall be paid for recording, granting certificate, and noting publication, as required by \u00a7 55.1-1425<\/a>, the fee prescribed in subdivision A 2 of \u00a7 17.1-275<\/a> and shall collect and account for the same tax upon every such act of reentry offered for record as is levied by law<\/span> upon deeds of conveyance.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFEE OF CLERK (\u00a7 55.1-1426)\n\nThe clerk shall be paid for recording, granting certificate, and noting\npublication, as required by \u00a7 55.1-1425, the fee prescribed in subdivision A 2\nof \u00a7 17.1-275 and shall collect and account for the same tax upon every such\nact of reentry offered for record as is levied by law upon deeds of conveyance.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5537; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-246; 1994, c. 432; 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"}}