{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/13.1-781.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/13.1-781.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/13.1-781.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/13.1-781.html"}],"law_id":66677,"edition_id":1,"section_id":66677,"structure_id":16316,"section_number":"13.1-781","catch_line":"Property title records","history":"2007, c. 771.","full_text":"A\n\nWhenever the records in the office of the clerk of the Commission reflect that a domestic or foreign corporation has changed or corrected its name, merged into a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity, converted into a domestic or foreign eligible entity, or domesticated in or from another jurisdiction, the clerk of the Commission, upon request, shall issue a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or domestication. The certificate may be admitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk’s office within the jurisdiction of which any property of the corporation is located in order to maintain the continuity of title records. The person filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due thereon.B\n\nWhenever a foreign corporation has changed or corrected its name, merged into another business entity, converted into another type of business entity, or domesticated in another jurisdiction, and it cannot or chooses not to obtain a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or domestication from the clerk of the Commission pursuant to subsection A, a similar certificate by any competent authority of the foreign corporation’s jurisdiction of incorporation may be admitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk’s office within the jurisdiction of which any property of the corporation is located in order to maintain the continuity of title records. The person filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due thereon.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241858,"text":"Whenever the records in the office of the clerk of the Commission reflect that a domestic or foreign corporation has changed or corrected its name, merged into a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity, converted into a domestic or foreign eligible entity, or domesticated in or from another jurisdiction, the clerk of the Commission, upon request, shall issue a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or domestication. The certificate may be admitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk’s office within the jurisdiction of which any property of the corporation is located in order to maintain the continuity of title records. The person filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due thereon.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":241859,"text":"Whenever a foreign corporation has changed or corrected its name, merged into another business entity, converted into another type of business entity, or domesticated in another jurisdiction, and it cannot or chooses not to obtain a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or domestication from the clerk of the Commission pursuant to subsection A, a similar certificate by any competent authority of the foreign corporation’s jurisdiction of incorporation may be admitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk’s office within the jurisdiction of which any property of the corporation is located in order to maintain the continuity of title records. 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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 771<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86869,"section_number":"13.1-616","catch_line":"Fees for filing documents or issuing certificates","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-616\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":54933,"section_number":"17.1-227","catch_line":"Documents to be recorded in deed books; social security numbers","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-227\/"}],"permalink":{"id":150837,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66677,"identifier":"13.1-781","token":"13.1\/9\/21\/13.1-781","url":"\/13.1-781\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-781\/","token":"13.1\/9\/21\/13.1-781","dublin_core":{"Title":"Property title records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-781","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Whenever the records in the office of the clerk of the Commission<\/span> reflect that a domestic<\/span> or foreign corporation<\/span> has changed or corrected its name, merged into a domestic<\/span> or foreign corporation<\/span> or eligible entity<\/span>, converted into a domestic<\/span> or foreign eligible entity<\/span>, or domesticated in or from another jurisdiction<\/span>, the clerk of the Commission<\/span>, upon request, shall issue<\/span> a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger<\/span>, conversion or domestication. The certificate may be admitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227<\/a>, of any clerk’s office within the jurisdiction<\/span> of which any property of the corporation is located in order<\/span> to maintain the continuity of title records. The person<\/span> filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court<\/span>, but no tax shall be due thereon. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Whenever a foreign corporation<\/span> has changed or corrected its name, merged into another business entity, converted into another type of business entity, or domesticated in another jurisdiction<\/span>, and it cannot or chooses not to obtain a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger<\/span>, conversion or domestication from the clerk of the Commission<\/span> pursuant to subsection A, a similar certificate by any competent authority of the foreign corporation<\/span>’s jurisdiction<\/span> of incorporation may be admitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227<\/a>, of any clerk’s office within the jurisdiction<\/span> of which any property of the corporation is located in order<\/span> to maintain the continuity of title records. The person<\/span> filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court<\/span>, but no tax shall be due thereon. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROPERTY TITLE RECORDS (\u00a7 13.1-781)\n\nA. Whenever the records in the office of the clerk of the Commission reflect\nthat a domestic or foreign corporation has changed or corrected its name, merged\ninto a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity, converted into a\ndomestic or foreign eligible entity, or domesticated in or from another\njurisdiction, the clerk of the Commission, upon request, shall issue a\ncertificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or\ndomestication. The certificate may be admitted to record in the deed books, in\naccordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk’s office within the\njurisdiction of which any property of the corporation is located in order to\nmaintain the continuity of title records. The person filing the certificate\nshall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due\nthereon.\n\nB. Whenever a foreign corporation has changed or corrected its name, merged into\nanother business entity, converted into another type of business entity, or\ndomesticated in another jurisdiction, and it cannot or chooses not to obtain a\ncertificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or\ndomestication from the clerk of the Commission pursuant to subsection A, a\nsimilar certificate by any competent authority of the foreign\ncorporation’s jurisdiction of incorporation may be admitted to record in\nthe deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk’s office\nwithin the jurisdiction of which any property of the corporation is located in\norder to maintain the continuity of title records. The person filing the\ncertificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall\nbe due thereon.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 771.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}