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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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1472299,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369928,"identifier":"55.1-408","token":"55.1\/I\/4\/55.1-408","url":"\/55.1-408\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-408\/","token":"55.1\/I\/4\/55.1-408","dublin_core":{"Title":"Where to be recorded","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-408","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding that any writing is recorded in one county or city in which there is real estate or personal property, it nevertheless is void as to such creditors<\/span> and purchasers in respect to other real estate or personal property without such recording until it is duly recorded in the county or city in which such other real estate or personal property may be located, but it shall be sufficient to record a deed releasing the lien<\/span> of a deed of trust, in whole or in part, either in the county or city in which the property thereby released is located or in the county or city in which the property so released was situated at the time of the recordation of the deed of trust, and any recordation thereof so made of any such release is hereby validated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHERE TO BE RECORDED (\u00a7 55.1-408)\n\nNotwithstanding that any writing is recorded in one county or city in which\nthere is real estate or personal property, it nevertheless is void as to such\ncreditors and purchasers in respect to other real estate or personal property\nwithout such recording until it is duly recorded in the county or city in which\nsuch other real estate or personal property may be located, but it shall be\nsufficient to record a deed releasing the lien of a deed of trust, in whole or\nin part, either in the county or city in which the property thereby released is\nlocated or in the county or city in which the property so released was situated\nat the time of the recordation of the deed of trust, and any recordation thereof\nso made of any such release is hereby validated.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5195; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-97; 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"}}