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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>356258</law_id><section_number>25.1-319</section_number><catch_line>Certificates of completion</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="66" identifier="25.1">Eminent Domain</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Transferring Defeasible Title by Certificate</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon completion of construction of any public use project for which a portion of private <span class="dictionary">property</span> was acquired by <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>, the <span class="dictionary">condemnor</span> shall, within 90 days of completion of construction, record a <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> of completion in the clerk&#x2019;s office of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> where deeds are recorded. Such <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> of completion shall state that construction of the public use project for which the <span class="dictionary">property</span> was taken is complete and any temporary acquisitions have terminated. The clerk shall record the <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> of completion in the deed book and index in it the names of both (i) the <span class="dictionary">person</span> or <span class="dictionary">persons</span> who own the <span class="dictionary">land</span> at the time of the recordation of the <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> of completion and (ii) the <span class="dictionary">condemnor</span>.</p></section></text><history>2022, c. 735.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
