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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 744<\/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":1472735,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370009,"identifier":"55.1-664","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/8\/55.1-664","url":"\/55.1-664\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-664\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/8\/55.1-664","dublin_core":{"Title":"Uniform standards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-664","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In consultation with the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> clerks<\/span>, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court<\/span>, and interested citizens and businesses, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency shall develop standards to implement electronic recording of real property documents<\/span>. The Virginia Information Technologies Agency shall consider standards and practices of other jurisdictions<\/span>, the most recent standards promulgated by national standard-setting bodies, such as the Real Property Records Industry Association, the views of interested persons and other governmental entities, and the needs of localities of varying sizes, population, and resources.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNIFORM STANDARDS (\u00a7 55.1-664)\n\nIn consultation with the circuit court clerks, the Executive Secretary of the\nSupreme Court, and interested citizens and businesses, the Virginia Information\nTechnologies Agency shall develop standards to implement electronic recording of\nreal property documents. The Virginia Information Technologies Agency shall\nconsider standards and practices of other jurisdictions, the most recent\nstandards promulgated by national standard-setting bodies, such as the Real\nProperty Records Industry Association, the views of interested persons and other\ngovernmental entities, and the needs of localities of varying sizes, population,\nand resources.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 744, \u00a7 55-142.13; 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"}}