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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1977, chapter 624; in 1985, chapter 486; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56167,"section_number":"55.1-2822","catch_line":"When no division fence has been built","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2822\/"},{"id":61300,"section_number":"55.1-2823","catch_line":"When division fence already built","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2823\/"},{"id":60018,"section_number":"55.1-2824","catch_line":"Recovery of amount due in connection with division fence","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2824\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248301,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57623,"identifier":"55.1-2825","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/6\/55.1-2825","url":"\/55.1-2825\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2825\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/6\/55.1-2825","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requirements for agreement to bind successors in title; subsequent owners","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2825","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No agreement made between adjoining landowners, with respect to the construction or maintenance of the division fence between their lands, shall be binding on their successors in title unless it (i) is in writing and specifically so state, (ii) is recorded in the deed book in the clerk’s office of the county in which the land is located, and (iii) is properly indexed as deeds are required by law<\/span> to be indexed.\n\t\tIf any notice, as required by \u00a7 55.1-2822<\/a> or 55.1-2823<\/a> is recorded in the deed book in the clerk’s office of the county in which the land is located and is properly indexed as deeds are required by law<\/span> to be indexed, then any subsequent owners of such land shall be liable for any sum that may be due pursuant to \u00a7 55.1-2824<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIREMENTS FOR AGREEMENT TO BIND SUCCESSORS IN TITLE; SUBSEQUENT OWNERS (\u00a7\n55.1-2825)\n\nNo agreement made between adjoining landowners, with respect to the construction\nor maintenance of the division fence between their lands, shall be binding on\ntheir successors in title unless it (i) is in writing and specifically so state,\n(ii) is recorded in the deed book in the clerk’s office of the county in\nwhich the land is located, and (iii) is properly indexed as deeds are required\nby law to be indexed.\n\t\tIf any notice, as required by \u00a7 55.1-2822 or 55.1-2823 is recorded in the\ndeed book in the clerk’s office of the county in which the land is located\nand is properly indexed as deeds are required by law to be indexed, then any\nsubsequent owners of such land shall be liable for any sum that may be due\npursuant to \u00a7 55.1-2824.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-891; 1977, c. 624, \u00a7 55-321; 1985, c. 486; 2019, c.\n712.","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}}