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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350032</law_id><section_number>17.1-258.5</section_number><catch_line>Application</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="50" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="4.1">Electronic Filing</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All documents recorded on or after July 1, 2004 that comply with the provisions of this article shall be conclusively presumed to be in proper form for recording, except in cases of <span class="dictionary">fraud</span>.</p></section></text><history>2005, c. 744.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
