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Every such instrument so recorded in such office shall be valid as to all persons without further recordation in any office in the Commonwealth, the provisions of any other recordation statute to the contrary notwithstanding. Any instrument for which recordation is required by the provisions of this section shall take effect from the date of its recordation and not from the date of its execution.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1380190,"text":"No instrument that affects the title to or interest in any civil aircraft of the United States, as defined by federal law, or any portion of such aircraft, shall be valid in respect of such aircraft or portion of such aircraft against any person other than the person by whom the instrument is made or to whom the instrument is given, his heir or devisee, and any person having actual notice of such instrument, until such instrument is recorded in the office of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, or such other office as is designated by the laws of the United States as the one in which such instruments should be filed. Every such instrument so recorded in such office shall be valid as to all persons without further recordation in any office in the Commonwealth, the provisions of any other recordation statute to the contrary notwithstanding. 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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":1472303,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369929,"identifier":"55.1-409","token":"55.1\/I\/4\/55.1-409","url":"\/55.1-409\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-409\/","token":"55.1\/I\/4\/55.1-409","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recordation of instruments affecting civil aircraft of United States","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-409","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No instrument that affects the title to or interest in any civil aircraft of the United States, as defined by federal law<\/span>, or any portion of such aircraft, shall be valid in respect of such aircraft or portion of such aircraft against any person other than the person by whom the instrument is made or to whom the instrument is given, his heir or devisee, and any person having actual notice of such instrument, until such instrument is recorded in the office of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, or such other office as is designated by the laws<\/span> of the United States as the one in which such instruments should be filed. Every such instrument so recorded in such office shall be valid as to all persons without further recordation in any office in the Commonwealth, the provisions of any other recordation statute<\/span> to the contrary notwithstanding. Any instrument for which recordation is required by the provisions of this section shall take effect from the date of its recordation and not from the date of its execution.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING CIVIL AIRCRAFT OF UNITED STATES (\u00a7\n55.1-409)\n\nNo instrument that affects the title to or interest in any civil aircraft of the\nUnited States, as defined by federal law, or any portion of such aircraft, shall\nbe valid in respect of such aircraft or portion of such aircraft against any\nperson other than the person by whom the instrument is made or to whom the\ninstrument is given, his heir or devisee, and any person having actual notice of\nsuch instrument, until such instrument is recorded in the office of the\nAdministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, or\nsuch other office as is designated by the laws of the United States as the one\nin which such instruments should be filed. Every such instrument so recorded in\nsuch office shall be valid as to all persons without further recordation in any\noffice in the Commonwealth, the provisions of any other recordation statute to\nthe contrary notwithstanding. Any instrument for which recordation is required\nby the provisions of this section shall take effect from the date of its\nrecordation and not from the date of its execution.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 387; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 5194a; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-100; 2019,\nc. 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"}}