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This law was first created in 1962. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 109 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. Unfortunately, the 1962 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81646,"section_number":"43-27","catch_line":"Repealed","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-27\/"}],"permalink":{"id":221417,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73878,"identifier":"43-27.1","token":"43\/3\/43-27.1","url":"\/43-27.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/43-27.1\/","token":"43\/3\/43-27.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"When clerk may destroy crop lien agreement and crop lien book","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 43-27.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any agreement evidencing a lien<\/span> on crops required by \u00a7 43-27<\/a> to be docketed in a clerk’s office may be destroyed by such clerk after twenty-four months from the date the same is docketed in his office. Any “Crop Lien<\/span> Book,” together with the index thereto, required by \u00a7 43-27<\/a> to be kept in a clerk’s office, may be destroyed by such clerk after twenty-four months from the date the last entry has been made therein, provided the same is replaced with a similar book and index for the recordation of current liens<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN CLERK MAY DESTROY CROP LIEN AGREEMENT AND CROP LIEN BOOK (\u00a7 43-27.1)\n\nAny agreement evidencing a lien on crops required by \u00a7 43-27 to be docketed in\na clerk’s office may be destroyed by such clerk after twenty-four months\nfrom the date the same is docketed in his office. Any “Crop Lien\nBook,” together with the index thereto, required by \u00a7 43-27 to be kept in\na clerk’s office, may be destroyed by such clerk after twenty-four months\nfrom the date the last entry has been made therein, provided the same is\nreplaced with a similar book and index for the recordation of current liens.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 109.","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}}