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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1958, chapter 424; in 1990, chapter 831; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1472039,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369853,"identifier":"55.1-310","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/1\/55.1-310","url":"\/55.1-310\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-310\/","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/1\/55.1-310","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conveyance of property not owned but subsequently acquired","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-310","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a deed purports to convey property, real or personal, describing it with reasonable certainty, that the grantor does not own at the time of the execution of the deed, but subsequently acquires, such deed shall, as between the parties, have the same effect as if the title that the grantor subsequently acquires were vested in him at the time of the execution of such deed and thereby conveyed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY NOT OWNED BUT SUBSEQUENTLY ACQUIRED (\u00a7 55.1-310)\n\nWhen a deed purports to convey property, real or personal, describing it with\nreasonable certainty, that the grantor does not own at the time of the execution\nof the deed, but subsequently acquires, such deed shall, as between the parties,\nhave the same effect as if the title that the grantor subsequently acquires were\nvested in him at the time of the execution of such deed and thereby conveyed.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5202; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-52; 1958, c. 424; 1990, c. 831;\n2019, 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"}}