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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 67 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 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1993, chapter 427; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61518,"section_number":"55.1-600","catch_line":"When and where writings recorded","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246287,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55315,"identifier":"55.1-1403","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/1\/55.1-1403","url":"\/55.1-1403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1403\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/1\/55.1-1403","dublin_core":{"Title":"Perfection of lien or interest in leases, rents, and profits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The recordation pursuant to \u00a7 55.1-600<\/a>, in the county or city in which the real property is located, of any deed, deed of trust, or other instrument granting, transferring, or assigning the interest of the grantor, transferor, assignor, pledgor, or lessor in leases, rents, or profits arising from the real property described in such deed, deed of trust, or other instrument shall fully perfect the interest of the grantee, transferee, assignee, or pledgee as to the assignor and all third parties without the necessity of (i) furnishing notice to the assignor or lessee, (ii) obtaining possession<\/span> of the real property, (iii) impounding the rents, (iv) securing the appointment of a receiver, or (v) taking any other affirmative action. The lessee is authorized to pay the assignor until the lessee receives written notification that rents due or to become due have been assigned and that payment is to be made to the assignee.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERFECTION OF LIEN OR INTEREST IN LEASES, RENTS, AND PROFITS (\u00a7 55.1-1403)\n\nThe recordation pursuant to \u00a7 55.1-600, in the county or city in which the real\nproperty is located, of any deed, deed of trust, or other instrument granting,\ntransferring, or assigning the interest of the grantor, transferor, assignor,\npledgor, or lessor in leases, rents, or profits arising from the real property\ndescribed in such deed, deed of trust, or other instrument shall fully perfect\nthe interest of the grantee, transferee, assignee, or pledgee as to the assignor\nand all third parties without the necessity of (i) furnishing notice to the\nassignor or lessee, (ii) obtaining possession of the real property, (iii)\nimpounding the rents, (iv) securing the appointment of a receiver, or (v) taking\nany other affirmative action. The lessee is authorized to pay the assignor until\nthe lessee receives written notification that rents due or to become due have\nbeen assigned and that payment is to be made to the assignee.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 67, \u00a7 55-220.1; 1993, c. 427; 2019, c. 712.","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}}