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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1976, chapter 685; in 1984, chapter 35; in 1989, chapter 602; in 1995, chapter 48<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1472649,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369989,"identifier":"55.1-644","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/5\/55.1-644","url":"\/55.1-644\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-644\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/5\/55.1-644","dublin_core":{"Title":"Deeds defectively executed by corporation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-644","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any deed of conveyance of real estate executed in the Commonwealth prior to July 1, 1995, by a corporation of the Commonwealth, when the certificate of acknowledgment of such deed fails to state the representative capacity of the party<\/span> signing such deed for the corporation, shall be held and is hereby declared a valid and effective conveyance in every respect if otherwise valid according to the law<\/span> in force at the time the deed was executed if such corporation, since making such conveyance, has been dissolved or otherwise gone out of existence.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEEDS DEFECTIVELY EXECUTED BY CORPORATION (\u00a7 55.1-644)\n\nAny deed of conveyance of real estate executed in the Commonwealth prior to July\n1, 1995, by a corporation of the Commonwealth, when the certificate of\nacknowledgment of such deed fails to state the representative capacity of the\nparty signing such deed for the corporation, shall be held and is hereby\ndeclared a valid and effective conveyance in every respect if otherwise valid\naccording to the law in force at the time the deed was executed if such\ncorporation, since making such conveyance, has been dissolved or otherwise gone\nout of existence.\n\nHISTORY: 1936, p. 328; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 5208a; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-135; 1976,\nc. 685; 1984, c. 35; 1989, c. 602; 1995, c. 48; 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"}}