Virginia § 55.1-649 Recordation of judgments affecting title to land

Virginia Statutes

§ 55.1-649 — Recordation of judgments affecting title to land

Virginia § 55.1-649

JurisdictionVirginia

Title 55.1Property and Conveyances

Subtitle IIReal Estate Settlements and Recordation

Ch. 6Recordation of Documents

Art. 6United States Judgments; Bankruptcy

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Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-649 (2026).

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The clerk of the court of any county or city in which there is any partition of land under any order, or any recovery of land under judgment, shall transmit to the clerk of the court of each county or city in whose office deeds to such land or any part thereof are recorded a copy of such order or judgment, and of such partition or assignment, and of the order confirming the same, along with such description of the land as may appear in the papers of the cause. The clerk of the court of such county or city shall record the same in his deed book and index it in the name of the person who had the land before and also in the name of the person who became entitled under such partition, assignment, or recovery.

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The clerk of the court of any county or city in which there is any partition of land under any order, or any recovery of land under judgment, shall transmit to the clerk of the court of each county or city in whose office deeds to such land or any part thereof are recorded a copy of such order or judgment, and of such partition or assignment, and of the order confirming the same, along with such description of the land as may appear in the papers of the cause. The clerk of the court of such county or city shall record the same in his deed book and index it in the name of the person who had the land before and also in the name of the person who became entitled under such partition, assignment, or recovery.