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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 745<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. 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":1472731,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370008,"identifier":"55.1-663","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/8\/55.1-663","url":"\/55.1-663\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-663\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/8\/55.1-663","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recording of electronic documents among the land records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-663","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A clerk<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> who implements an eRecording System shall do so in compliance with standards established by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A clerk<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic land records. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A clerk<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> may provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, land records by electronic means. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> A clerk<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> who accepts electronic documents<\/span> for recording among the land records shall continue to accept paper land records and shall place entries for both types of land records in the same indices. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> A clerk<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> may convert paper records accepted for recording into electronic form. The clerk<\/span> of circuit<\/span> court<\/span> may convert into electronic form land records documents<\/span> recorded before the clerk<\/span> of circuit<\/span> court<\/span> began to record electronic records. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> Any fee or tax that a clerk<\/span> of circuit<\/span> court<\/span> is authorized to collect may be collected electronically. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDING OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AMONG THE LAND RECORDS (\u00a7 55.1-663)\n\nA. A clerk of a circuit court who implements an eRecording System shall do so in\ncompliance with standards established by the Virginia Information Technologies\nAgency.\n\nB. A clerk of a circuit court may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit\nelectronic land records.\n\nC. A clerk of a circuit court may provide for access to, and for search and\nretrieval of, land records by electronic means.\n\nD. A clerk of a circuit court who accepts electronic documents for recording\namong the land records shall continue to accept paper land records and shall\nplace entries for both types of land records in the same indices.\n\nE. A clerk of a circuit court may convert paper records accepted for recording\ninto electronic form. The clerk of circuit court may convert into electronic\nform land records documents recorded before the clerk of circuit court began to\nrecord electronic records.\n\nF. Any fee or tax that a clerk of circuit court is authorized to collect may be\ncollected electronically.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 745, \u00a7 55-142.12; 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"}}