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All deeds, deeds of trust, deeds of release, quitclaim deeds, grants, transfers, and mortgages of real estate or any addendum or memorandum relating to any of these instruments submitted for recordation in the deed books of the appropriate office of the clerk of court shall be prepared according to the requirements for deeds and deeds of trust as set forth in \u00a7\u00a7 55.1-300 and 55.1-316, as applicable. The clerk may refuse to accept any instrument submitted for recordation that includes a social security number. However, the attorney or party who prepares or submits the instrument has responsibility for ensuring that the social security number is removed from the instrument prior to the instrument being submitted for recordation. The clerk shall be immune from suits arising from the recordation of any document, or the content of any document recorded, in the land records pursuant to this or any other applicable provision of this Code unless the clerk was grossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct. Each instrument shall be indexed under all such names in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 17.1-249.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":201520,"text":"All deeds, deeds of trust, deeds of release, certificates of satisfaction or certificates of partial satisfaction, quitclaim deeds, homestead deeds, grants, transfers and mortgages of real estate, releases of such mortgages, powers of attorney to convey real estate, leases of real estate, notices of lis pendens and all contracts in reference to real estate, which have been acknowledged as required by law, and certified copies of final judgments or decrees of partition affecting the title or possession of real estate, any part of which is situated in the county or city in which it is sought to be recorded, and all other writings relating to or affecting real estate which are authorized to be recorded, shall, unless otherwise provided, be recorded in a book to be known as the deed book. All deeds, deeds of trust, deeds of release, quitclaim deeds, grants, transfers, and mortgages of real estate or any addendum or memorandum relating to any of these instruments submitted for recordation in the deed books of the appropriate office of the clerk of court shall be prepared according to the requirements for deeds and deeds of trust as set forth in \u00a7\u00a7 55.1-300 and 55.1-316, as applicable. The clerk may refuse to accept any instrument submitted for recordation that includes a social security number. However, the attorney or party who prepares or submits the instrument has responsibility for ensuring that the social security number is removed from the instrument prior to the instrument being submitted for recordation. The clerk shall be immune from suits arising from the recordation of any document, or the content of any document recorded, in the land records pursuant to this or any other applicable provision of this Code unless the clerk was grossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct. Each instrument shall be indexed under all such names in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 17.1-249.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13894,"edition_id":1,"name":"Records, Recordation and Indexing Generally","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13472,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:13","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:13","permalink":{"id":163071,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13894,"identifier":"3","token":"17.1\/2\/3","url":"\/17.1\/2\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13472,"edition_id":1,"name":"Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12766,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:58","permalink":{"id":162961,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13472,"identifier":"2","token":"17.1\/2","url":"\/17.1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12766,"edition_id":1,"name":"Courts of Record","identifier":"17.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":162799,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12766,"identifier":"17.1","token":"17.1","url":"\/17.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":78488,"structure_id":13894,"section_number":"17.1-223","catch_line":"Duty of clerk to record writings, etc., and make index","url":"\/17.1-223\/","token":"17.1\/2\/3\/17.1-223","metadata":false},{"id":75760,"structure_id":13894,"section_number":"17.1-224","catch_line":"Copy of illegible instrument used for making permanent record","url":"\/17.1-224\/","token":"17.1\/2\/3\/17.1-224","metadata":false},{"id":69099,"structure_id":13894,"section_number":"17.1-225","catch_line":"Remote access to nonconfidential court records","url":"\/17.1-225\/","token":"17.1\/2\/3\/17.1-225","metadata":false},{"id":59592,"structure_id":13894,"section_number":"17.1-226","catch_line":"Remote access to certain agencies from clerk of court","url":"\/17.1-226\/","token":"17.1\/2\/3\/17.1-226","metadata":false},{"id":54933,"structure_id":13894,"section_number":"17.1-227","catch_line":"Documents to be recorded in deed books; 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It has been modified 10 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1975, chapter 469; in 1976, chapter 561; in 1977, chapter 282; in 1990, chapter 374; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0064\">64<\/a>; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0579\">579<\/a>; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>; in 2003, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0862\">862<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0914\">914<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0918\">918<\/a>; in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0352\">352<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0338\">338<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60589,"section_number":"13.1-1067","catch_line":"Property title records","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-1067\/"},{"id":55308,"section_number":"13.1-1285","catch_line":"Property title records","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-1285\/"},{"id":66677,"section_number":"13.1-781","catch_line":"Property title records","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-781\/"},{"id":73744,"section_number":"13.1-945","catch_line":"Property title records","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-945\/"},{"id":81830,"section_number":"15.2-2244.1","catch_line":"Additional method for subdivision of a lot for conveyance to a family member","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2244.1\/"},{"id":73711,"section_number":"15.2-2244.2","catch_line":"Subdivision of a lot of property held in trust for a family member","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2244.2\/"},{"id":75303,"section_number":"50-73.150","catch_line":"Property title records","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.150\/"},{"id":75412,"section_number":"50-73.76:1","catch_line":"Property title records","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.76_1\/"},{"id":64543,"section_number":"55.1-606","catch_line":"Standards for writings to be docketed or recorded","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-606\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64098,"section_number":"17.1-249","catch_line":"General indexes for clerks' offices; daily index","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-249\/"},{"id":86226,"section_number":"55.1-300","catch_line":"Form of a deed","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-300\/"},{"id":65329,"section_number":"55.1-316","catch_line":"Form of deed of trust to secure debts, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-316\/"}],"permalink":{"id":163089,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54933,"identifier":"17.1-227","token":"17.1\/2\/3\/17.1-227","url":"\/17.1-227\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-227\/","token":"17.1\/2\/3\/17.1-227","dublin_core":{"Title":"Documents to be recorded in deed books; social security numbers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-227","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All deeds, deeds of trust, deeds of release, certificates of satisfaction or certificates of partial satisfaction, quitclaim deeds, homestead deeds, grants, transfers and mortgages of real estate, releases of such mortgages, powers of attorney to convey real estate, leases of real estate, notices of lis pendens and all <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> in reference to real estate, which have been acknowledged as required by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, and certified copies of final <span class=\"dictionary\">judgments<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">decrees<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">partition<\/span> affecting the title or <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> of real estate, any part of which is situated in the county or city in which it is sought to be recorded, and all other writings relating to or affecting real estate which are authorized to be recorded, shall, unless otherwise provided, be recorded in a book to be known as the deed book. All deeds, deeds of trust, deeds of release, quitclaim deeds, grants, transfers, and mortgages of real estate or any <span class=\"dictionary\">addendum<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">memorandum<\/span> relating to any of these instruments submitted for recordation in the deed books of the appropriate office of the <span class=\"dictionary\">clerk of court<\/span> shall be prepared according to the requirements for deeds and deeds of trust as set forth in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Form of a deed\" href=\"\/55.1-300\/\">55.1-300<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Form of deed of trust to secure debts, etc\" href=\"\/55.1-316\/\">55.1-316<\/a>, as applicable. The clerk may refuse to accept any instrument submitted for recordation that includes a social security number. However, the attorney or <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> who prepares or submits the instrument has responsibility for ensuring that the social security number is removed from the instrument prior to the instrument being submitted for recordation. The clerk shall be immune from suits arising from the recordation of any document, or the content of any document recorded, in the land records pursuant to this or any other applicable provision of this Code unless the clerk was grossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct. Each instrument shall be indexed under all such names in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"General indexes for clerks&#039; offices; daily index\" href=\"\/17.1-249\/\">17.1-249<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDOCUMENTS TO BE RECORDED IN DEED BOOKS; SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS (\u00a7 17.1-227)\n\nAll deeds, deeds of trust, deeds of release, certificates of satisfaction or\ncertificates of partial satisfaction, quitclaim deeds, homestead deeds, grants,\ntransfers and mortgages of real estate, releases of such mortgages, powers of\nattorney to convey real estate, leases of real estate, notices of lis pendens\nand all contracts in reference to real estate, which have been acknowledged as\nrequired by law, and certified copies of final judgments or decrees of partition\naffecting the title or possession of real estate, any part of which is situated\nin the county or city in which it is sought to be recorded, and all other\nwritings relating to or affecting real estate which are authorized to be\nrecorded, shall, unless otherwise provided, be recorded in a book to be known as\nthe deed book. All deeds, deeds of trust, deeds of release, quitclaim deeds,\ngrants, transfers, and mortgages of real estate or any addendum or memorandum\nrelating to any of these instruments submitted for recordation in the deed books\nof the appropriate office of the clerk of court shall be prepared according to\nthe requirements for deeds and deeds of trust as set forth in \u00a7\u00a7 55.1-300 and\n55.1-316, as applicable. The clerk may refuse to accept any instrument submitted\nfor recordation that includes a social security number. However, the attorney or\nparty who prepares or submits the instrument has responsibility for ensuring\nthat the social security number is removed from the instrument prior to the\ninstrument being submitted for recordation. The clerk shall be immune from suits\narising from the recordation of any document, or the content of any document\nrecorded, in the land records pursuant to this or any other applicable provision\nof this Code unless the clerk was grossly negligent or engaged in willful\nmisconduct. Each instrument shall be indexed under all such names in accordance\nwith the provisions of \u00a7 17.1-249.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3393, \u00a7 17-60; 1920, p. 313; 1932, p. 333; 1975, c. 469;\n1976, c. 561; 1977, c. 282; 1990, c. 374; 1994, c. 64; 1997, c. 579; 1998, c.\n872; 2003, cc. 862, 914, 918; 2004, c. 352; 2014, c. 338.","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}}