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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 81 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 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1964, chapter 338; in 1968, chapter 568; in 1985, chapter 392.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55337,"section_number":"43-11","catch_line":"How owner or general contractor made personally liable to subcontractor, laborer or materialman","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-11\/"},{"id":75853,"section_number":"43-4","catch_line":"Perfection of lien by general contractor; recordation and notice","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-4\/"},{"id":68924,"section_number":"55.1-2014","catch_line":"Contributions by co-owners","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2014\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":221373,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66257,"identifier":"43-4.1","token":"43\/1\/43-4.1","url":"\/43-4.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/43-4.1\/","token":"43\/1\/43-4.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liens to be recorded in deed books and indexed in general index of deeds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 43-4.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding the provision of any other section of this title, or any other provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> requiring documents to be recorded in the miscellaneous <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> book or the deed books in the clerk&#8217;s office of any <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, on and after July 1, 1964, all memoranda or notices of <span class=\"dictionary\">liens<\/span>, in the discretion of the clerk, shall be recorded in the deed books in such clerk&#8217;s office, and shall be indexed in the general index of deeds, and such general index shall show the type of such <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIENS TO BE RECORDED IN DEED BOOKS AND INDEXED IN GENERAL INDEX OF DEEDS (\u00a7\n43-4.1)\n\nNotwithstanding the provision of any other section of this title, or any other\nprovision of law requiring documents to be recorded in the miscellaneous lien\nbook or the deed books in the clerk&#8217;s office of any court, on and after\nJuly 1, 1964, all memoranda or notices of liens, in the discretion of the clerk,\nshall be recorded in the deed books in such clerk&#8217;s office, and shall be\nindexed in the general index of deeds, and such general index shall show the\ntype of such lien.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 81; 1964, c. 338; 1968, c. 568; 1985, c. 392.","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}}