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Such release shall reference the book and page where the original lien securing such interest in real estate or personal property is recorded.\n\t\tAll releases made prior to June 24, 1944, by any court under this section upon such presumption of payment so arising and not rebutted, shall be validated.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":264701,"text":"Any person who owns or has any interest in real estate or personal property on which such lien exists may, after twenty days’ notice thereof to the person entitled to such lien, apply to the circuit or corporation court of the county or corporation in whose clerk’s office such encumbrance is recorded, or to the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, if it be in the clerk’s office of such court, to have the same released or discharged; and upon proof that it has been paid or discharged, or upon its appearing to the court that more than twenty years have elapsed since the maturity of the lien, raising a presumption of payment, and which is not rebutted at the hearing, or upon proof that no suit, as defined by \u00a7 43-17, has been brought to enforce the same within the time prescribed by such section; such court shall order the same to be recorded by the clerk. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 330<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68827,"section_number":"43-17","catch_line":"Limitation on suit to enforce lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-17\/"}],"permalink":{"id":221533,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73584,"identifier":"43-68","token":"43\/9\/43-68","url":"\/43-68\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/43-68\/","token":"43\/9\/43-68","dublin_core":{"Title":"Releases made by court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 43-68","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who owns or has any interest in real estate or personal property on which such lien<\/span> exists may, after twenty days’ notice thereof to the person entitled to such lien<\/span>, apply to the circuit<\/span> or corporation court<\/span> of the county or corporation in whose clerk’s office such encumbrance is recorded, or to the Circuit<\/span> Court<\/span> of the City of Richmond, if it be in the clerk’s office of such court<\/span>, to have the same released or discharged; and upon proof that it has been paid or discharged, or upon its appearing to the court<\/span> that more than twenty years have elapsed since the maturity of the lien<\/span>, raising a presumption<\/span> of payment, and which is not rebutted at the hearing<\/span>, or upon proof that no suit, as defined by \u00a7 43-17<\/a>, has been brought to enforce the same within the time prescribed by such section; such court<\/span> shall order<\/span> the same to be recorded by the clerk. Such release shall reference the book and page where the original lien<\/span> securing such interest in real estate or personal property is recorded.\n\t\tAll releases made prior to June 24, 1944, by any court<\/span> under this section upon such presumption<\/span> of payment so arising and not rebutted, shall be validated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRELEASES MADE BY COURT (\u00a7 43-68)\n\nAny person who owns or has any interest in real estate or personal property on\nwhich such lien exists may, after twenty days’ notice thereof to the\nperson entitled to such lien, apply to the circuit or corporation court of the\ncounty or corporation in whose clerk’s office such encumbrance is\nrecorded, or to the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, if it be in the\nclerk’s office of such court, to have the same released or discharged; and\nupon proof that it has been paid or discharged, or upon its appearing to the\ncourt that more than twenty years have elapsed since the maturity of the lien,\nraising a presumption of payment, and which is not rebutted at the hearing, or\nupon proof that no suit, as defined by \u00a7 43-17, has been brought to enforce the\nsame within the time prescribed by such section; such court shall order the same\nto be recorded by the clerk. Such release shall reference the book and page\nwhere the original lien securing such interest in real estate or personal\nproperty is recorded.\n\t\tAll releases made prior to June 24, 1944, by any court under this section upon\nsuch presumption of payment so arising and not rebutted, shall be validated.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6456; 1926, p. 81; 1930, p. 70; 1932, p. 121; 1944, p.\n199; 2014, c. 330.","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}}