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The instrument of assignment or certificate of transfer shall be indexed in the name of the assignor and in the names of the obligor or maker, and the trustees, as applicable, all of whose names shall be set forth in such instrument or certificate. The certificate of transfer shall conform substantially to the following:\n\t\tCERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER\n\t\tPlace of Record:\n\t\tClerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the ________ of ________, Virginia\n\t\tDate of [Deed of Trust\/Mortgage\/Vendor's Lien]: ________,\n\t\tDeed Book ________, Page ____\n\t\tName of Obligor or Maker:\n\t\t________________\n\t\tName(s) of Trustee(s) [if a Deed of Trust]:\n\t\t________________\n\t\t________________\n\t\tName of Original Payee or Obligee:\n\t\t________________\n\t\tOriginal Amount Secured [if applicable]: $____\n\t\tThe undersigned, the original payee or obligee [or the subsequent assignee] of the obligation secured by the above-mentioned [Deed of Trust\/Mortgage\/Vendor's Lien], hereby certifies that the obligations secured thereby have been assigned to ______\n\t\t________________\n\t\t[If a credit line deed of trust, the name and address to which notice may be mailed or delivered to the Noteholder as provided by \u00a7 55.1-318 is as follows:\n\t\t________________\n\t\t________________ ]\n\t\tGiven under (my\/our) hand(s) as of the ______ day of ________, ____.\n\t\t________________\n\t\t(Assignor)\n\t\t______ of ______\n\t\tCounty\/City of ________, to wit:\n\t\tSubscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by ________ this ______ day of ________, 20__.\n\t\tMy Commission Expires: ________\n\t\t________________\n\t\tNotary Public\n\t\tNotary Registration Number: ________\n\t\tFor purposes of this section, the word “assigned” includes endorsed, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise transferred. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to invalidate any other form or notice of assignment that may have been recorded prior to July 1, 1994. 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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 806<\/a> 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. 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 1995, chapter 807<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 205<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86332,"section_number":"55.1-318","catch_line":"Credit line deed of trust defined; relative priority of credit line deed of trust and other instruments of judgment","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-318\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86332,"section_number":"55.1-318","catch_line":"Credit line deed of trust defined; relative priority of credit line deed of trust and other instruments of judgment","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-318\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245147,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80410,"identifier":"55.1-336","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/2\/55.1-336","url":"\/55.1-336\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-336\/","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/2\/55.1-336","dublin_core":{"Title":"Protection of assignees or transferees of debts secured by real estate; form of certificate of transfer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-336","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever a debt or other obligation secured by a deed of trust, mortgage, or vendor’s lien<\/span> on real estate has been assigned<\/span>, the assignor or the assignee, at its option, may cause the instrument of assignment to be recorded in the clerk’s office of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> where such deed of trust, mortgage, or vendor’s lien<\/span> is recorded, provided that such instrument is otherwise in recordable form, or may cause a certificate of transfer signed by the assignor to be recorded in such clerk’s office, and such instrument of assignment or certificate of transfer, upon recordation, shall operate as a notice of such assignment. The instrument of assignment or certificate of transfer shall be indexed in the name of the assignor and in the names of the obligor or maker, and the trustees, as applicable, all of whose names shall be set forth in such instrument or certificate. The certificate of transfer shall conform substantially to the following:\n\t\tCERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER\n\t\tPlace of Record:\n\t\tClerk’s Office of the Circuit<\/span> Court<\/span> of the ________ of ________, Virginia\n\t\tDate of [Deed of Trust\/Mortgage\/Vendor's Lien<\/span>]: ________,\n\t\tDeed Book ________, Page ____\n\t\tName of Obligor or Maker:\n\t\t________________\n\t\tName(s) of Trustee(s) [if a Deed of Trust]:\n\t\t________________\n\t\t________________\n\t\tName of Original Payee or Obligee:\n\t\t________________\n\t\tOriginal Amount Secured [if applicable]: $____\n\t\tThe undersigned, the original payee or obligee [or the subsequent assignee] of the obligation secured by the above-mentioned [Deed of Trust\/Mortgage\/Vendor's Lien<\/span>], hereby certifies that the obligations secured thereby have been assigned<\/span> to ______\n\t\t________________\n\t\t[If a credit line deed of trust, the name and address to which notice may be mailed or delivered to the Noteholder as provided by \u00a7 55.1-318<\/a> is as follows:\n\t\t________________\n\t\t________________ ]\n\t\tGiven under (my\/our) hand(s) as of the ______ day of ________, ____.\n\t\t________________\n\t\t(Assignor)\n\t\t______ of ______\n\t\tCounty\/City of ________, to wit:\n\t\tSubscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by ________ this ______ day of ________, 20__.\n\t\tMy Commission Expires: ________\n\t\t________________\n\t\tNotary Public\n\t\tNotary Registration Number: ________\n\t\tFor purposes of this section, the word “assigned<\/span>” includes endorsed, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise transferred. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to invalidate any other form or notice of assignment that may have been recorded prior to July 1, 1994. Nothing in this section shall imply that recordation of the instrument of assignment or a certificate of transfer is necessary in order<\/span> to transfer to an assignee the benefit of the security provided by the deed of trust, mortgage, or vendor’s lien<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROTECTION OF ASSIGNEES OR TRANSFEREES OF DEBTS SECURED BY REAL ESTATE; FORM OF\nCERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER (\u00a7 55.1-336)\n\nWhenever a debt or other obligation secured by a deed of trust, mortgage, or\nvendor’s lien on real estate has been assigned, the assignor or the\nassignee, at its option, may cause the instrument of assignment to be recorded\nin the clerk’s office of the circuit court where such deed of trust,\nmortgage, or vendor’s lien is recorded, provided that such instrument is\notherwise in recordable form, or may cause a certificate of transfer signed by\nthe assignor to be recorded in such clerk’s office, and such instrument of\nassignment or certificate of transfer, upon recordation, shall operate as a\nnotice of such assignment. The instrument of assignment or certificate of\ntransfer shall be indexed in the name of the assignor and in the names of the\nobligor or maker, and the trustees, as applicable, all of whose names shall be\nset forth in such instrument or certificate. The certificate of transfer shall\nconform substantially to the following:\n\t\tCERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER\n\t\tPlace of Record:\n\t\tClerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the ________ of ________,\nVirginia\n\t\tDate of [Deed of Trust\/Mortgage\/Vendor's Lien]: ________,\n\t\tDeed Book ________, Page ____\n\t\tName of Obligor or Maker:\n\t\t________________\n\t\tName(s) of Trustee(s) [if a Deed of Trust]:\n\t\t________________\n\t\t________________\n\t\tName of Original Payee or Obligee:\n\t\t________________\n\t\tOriginal Amount Secured [if applicable]: $____\n\t\tThe undersigned, the original payee or obligee [or the subsequent assignee] of\nthe obligation secured by the above-mentioned [Deed of Trust\/Mortgage\/Vendor's\nLien], hereby certifies that the obligations secured thereby have been assigned\nto ______\n\t\t________________\n\t\t[If a credit line deed of trust, the name and address to which notice may be\nmailed or delivered to the Noteholder as provided by \u00a7 55.1-318 is as follows:\n\t\t________________\n\t\t________________ ]\n\t\tGiven under (my\/our) hand(s) as of the ______ day of ________, ____.\n\t\t________________\n\t\t(Assignor)\n\t\t______ of ______\n\t\tCounty\/City of ________, to wit:\n\t\tSubscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by ________ this ______ day\nof ________, 20__.\n\t\tMy Commission Expires: ________\n\t\t________________\n\t\tNotary Public\n\t\tNotary Registration Number: ________\n\t\tFor purposes of this section, the word “assigned” includes\nendorsed, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise transferred. Nothing in this\nsection shall be deemed to invalidate any other form or notice of assignment\nthat may have been recorded prior to July 1, 1994. Nothing in this section shall\nimply that recordation of the instrument of assignment or a certificate of\ntransfer is necessary in order to transfer to an assignee the benefit of the\nsecurity provided by the deed of trust, mortgage, or vendor’s lien.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 806, \u00a7 55-66.01; 1995, c. 807; 1997, c. 205; 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}}