Virginia Statutes
§ 55.1-628 — Validation of acknowledgments when seal not affixed
Virginia § 55.1-628
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 55.1Property and Conveyances
Subtitle IIReal Estate Settlements and Recordation
Ch. 6Recordation of Documents
Art. 5Validating Certain Acts, Deeds, and Acknowledgments
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-628 (2026).
Text
When a certificate of acknowledgment was made prior to July 1, 1995, to any instrument in writing required by this chapter to be acknowledged and the notary or other official whether of this or some other state taking such acknowledgment failed to affix his official seal to such certificate of acknowledgment when a seal was necessary, the certificate of acknowledgment shall be as valid for all purposes as if such seal had been affixed, and the deed shall be, and shall since such date have been, notice to all persons as effectually as if such seal had been affixed, provided that such acknowledgment was in other respects sufficient.
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Legislative History
1924, p. 359; Michie Code 1942, § 5207a; Code 1950, § 55-123; 1964, c. 57; 1976, c. 685; 1984, c. 35; 1989, c. 602; 1995, c. 48; 2019, c. 712.
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Choice of settlement agent§ 55.1-1007
Disclosure§ 55.1-1008
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Virginia § 55.1-628, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/55.1/55.1-628.