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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>369898</law_id><section_number>55.1-342</section_number><catch_line>Permissible form for certificate of satisfaction or certificate of partial satisfaction</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-350</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="120" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Property Conveyances</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Form and Effect of Deeds and Covenants; Liens</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Form and Effect of Deeds of Trust; Sales Thereunder; Assignments; Releases</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any release by a certificate of satisfaction or certificate of partial satisfaction shall be in conformity with &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Release of deed of trust or other lien" href="/55.1-339/">55.1-339</a>, <a class="law" title="Release by financial institution upon payment of debt placed with it for collection" href="/55.1-340/">55.1-340</a>, and <a class="law" title="Partial satisfaction" href="/55.1-341/">55.1-341</a> and shall conform substantially with the following Certificate of Satisfaction or Certificate of Partial Satisfaction forms:</p><p>CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTION</p><p>Place of Record ____________</p><p>Date of Note/Deed of Trust ____________</p><p>Face Amount Secured/Face Amount of Note: ____________</p><p>Deed Book ______ Page ____</p><p>Name(s) of Grantor(s)/Maker(s); ____________</p><p>Name(s) of Trustee(s) ____________</p><p>Face Amount of Note(s) $______</p><p>I/we, holder(s) of the above-mentioned note(s) secured by the above-mentioned deed of trust, do hereby certify that the same has/have been paid in full, and the <span class="dictionary">lien</span> therein created and retained is hereby released.</p><p>GIVEN UNDER MY/OUR HAND(S) THIS ______ DAY OF ________, 20__.</p><p>________________</p><p>________________</p><p>(NOTE HOLDERS)</p><p>Commonwealth of Virginia,</p><p>County/City of  ____________ to wit:</p><p>Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by  ____________ this ______ day of ______, 20__.</p><p>My Commission Expires:  ____________</p><p>________________</p><p>NOTARY PUBLIC</p><p>Notary Registration Number:  ____________</p><p>VIRGINIA;</p><p>IN THE CLERK&#x2019;S OFFICE OF THE <span class="dictionary">CIRCUIT</span> <span class="dictionary">COURT</span></p><p>This certificate was presented, and with the Certificate annexed, admitted to record on ________ at ____ o&#x2019;clock _.m.</p><p>Clerk&#x2019;s fees: $______ have been paid.</p><p>Attest: ________, Deputy Clerk</p><p>CERTIFICATE OF PARTIAL SATISFACTION</p><p>Place of Record ________________</p><p>Date of Deed of Trust _</p><p>Deed Book ______ Page ____</p><p>Name(s) of Grantor(s)  ________________</p><p>Name(s) of Trustee(s)  ________________</p><p>Maker(s) of Note(s) ________________</p><p>Date of Note(s) ________________</p><p>Face Amount of Note(s) $________</p><p>The <span class="dictionary">lien</span> of the above-mentioned deed of trust securing the above-mentioned note is released insofar as the same is applicable to ____________ (description of property) recorded in deed book ________ at page ____ in the clerk&#x2019;s office of this <span class="dictionary">court</span>. The undersigned is/are the legal holder(s) of the obligation, note, <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, or other <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of debt secured by said deed of trust.</p><p>Given under my/our hand(s) this ________ day of ________, 20__.</p><p>________________</p><p>________________</p><p>(NOTE HOLDERS)</p><p>Commonwealth of Virginia,</p><p>County/City of ____________ to wit:</p><p>Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by ____________ this ________ day of ________, 20__.</p><p>My Commission Expires: ____________</p><p>________________</p><p>NOTARY PUBLIC</p><p>Notary Registration Number: ____________</p><p>The clerk shall satisfy the requirements of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Recording releases of deeds of trust, partial releases of deeds of trust, court ordered releases, or other liens or assignments in cities and counties using microfilm" href="/17.1-228/">17.1-228</a>.</p><p>Certificates conforming to this section prior to the amendment effective July 1, 1984, shall be deemed to be in substantial conformity to this section.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 469, &#xA7; 55-66.4:1; 1977, c. 254; 1982, c. 420; 1983, c. 220; 1984, c. 376; 1990, c. 328; 1994, c. 929; 1995, c. 271; 1996, c. 949; 2014, c. 330; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
