Virginia § 15.2-728 Title insurance for county real estate

Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-728 — Title insurance for county real estate

Virginia § 15.2-728

JurisdictionVirginia

Title 15.2COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS

Subtitle IGENERAL PROVISIONS; CHARTERS; OTHER FORMS AND ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES

Ch. 7COUNTY MANAGER PLAN OF GOVERNMENT

Art. 2GENERAL POWERS; COUNTY MANAGER PLAN

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Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-728 (2026).

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any county purchases real estate for which the consideration paid exceeds $1,000, the county, in lieu of having the title examined and approved by an attorney-at-law, may purchase an insurance policy which insures the county's interest in the title to the property from a company which is authorized to issue such policies in the Commonwealth. Evidence of such insurance shall be filed with the clerk for the circuit court of the county along with the recorded deed or other papers by which the title is conveyed.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any county purchases real estate for which the consideration paid exceeds $1,000, the county, in lieu of having the title examined and approved by an attorney-at-law, may purchase an insurance policy which insures the county's interest in the title to the property from a company which is authorized to issue such policies in the Commonwealth. Evidence of such insurance shall be filed with the clerk for the circuit court of the county along with the recorded deed or other papers by which the title is conveyed.