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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 173 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245139,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77519,"identifier":"55.1-334","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/2\/55.1-334","url":"\/55.1-334\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-334\/","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/2\/55.1-334","dublin_core":{"Title":"Validation of certain sales made under deeds of trust prior to October 1, 1977","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-334","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All sales that were made prior to October 1, 1977, under deeds of trust to secure debts and indemnify sureties when the notice, advertisement, and conduct of the sale were in accordance with the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of the Commonwealth as it existed on June 30, 1977, are declared to be valid and effective in all respects, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting any <span class=\"dictionary\">final order<\/span> entered prior to March 23, 1978, by any <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of competent <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>, or any action now pending in a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of competent <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>, or as affecting intervening vested rights, and provided further that no action to vacate or set aside any such sale may be brought after March 23, 1978.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVALIDATION OF CERTAIN SALES MADE UNDER DEEDS OF TRUST PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1, 1977\n(\u00a7 55.1-334)\n\nAll sales that were made prior to October 1, 1977, under deeds of trust to\nsecure debts and indemnify sureties when the notice, advertisement, and conduct\nof the sale were in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth as it existed on\nJune 30, 1977, are declared to be valid and effective in all respects, provided\nthat nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting any final order\nentered prior to March 23, 1978, by any court of competent jurisdiction, or any\naction now pending in a court of competent jurisdiction, or as affecting\nintervening vested rights, and provided further that no action to vacate or set\naside any such sale may be brought after March 23, 1978.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 173, \u00a7 55-65.1; 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}}