§ 25.1-308 Effect of recordation of certificate; transfer of title or interest in property
1. The interest or estate of the owner of the property described therein shall terminate;
2. The title to such property shall be vested in the authorized condemnor;
3. The owner shall have such interest or estate in the funds deposited with the court or represented by the certificate of deposit as the owner had in the property taken or damaged; and
4. All liens by deed of trust, judgment or otherwise upon such property shall be transferred to such funds.
B. The title in the authorized condemnor shall be defeasible until (i) the authorized condemnor and such owner reach an agreement as provided in § 25.1-317, or (ii) the compensation for the taking or damage to the property is determined by condemnation proceedings as provided in § 25.1-313.
C. If funds have been deposited with the court under a certificate of take, the clerk shall deposit the funds so paid to the credit of the court in an account of a type that bears interest.
History
This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 940 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2022, chapter 735.
2003, c. 940; 2022, c. 735.