Virginia Statutes
§ 55.1-626 — Corporate acknowledgment taken before officer or stockholder
Virginia § 55.1-626
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 55.1Property and Conveyances
Subtitle IIReal Estate Settlements and Recordation
Ch. 6Recordation of Documents
Art. 4Deeds and Acknowledgments of Corporations
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-626 (2026).
Text
Any notary or other officer duly authorized to take acknowledgments may take the acknowledgment to any deed or other writing executed by a company or to a company or for the benefit of a company, although he may be a stockholder, an officer, or both, in such company, provided that he is not otherwise interested in the property conveyed or disposed of by such deed or other writing, and nothing herein shall be construed to authorize any officer to take an acknowledgment to any deed or other writing executed by such company by and through him as an officer or stockholder of such company, or to him for the benefit of such company.
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Legislative History
Code 1919, § 5209; 1926, p. 340; Code 1950, § 55-121; 2019, c. 712.
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Virginia § 55.1-626, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/55.1/55.1-626.