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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 907<\/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 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 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65250,"section_number":"55.1-342","catch_line":"Permissible form for certificate of satisfaction or certificate of partial satisfaction","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-342\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245205,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86234,"identifier":"55.1-350","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/3\/55.1-350","url":"\/55.1-350\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-350\/","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/3\/55.1-350","dublin_core":{"Title":"Form and effect of satisfaction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-350","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A document<\/span> is sufficient to constitute a satisfaction of a security instrument<\/span> if it conforms substantially in form and content to the requirements of \u00a7 55.1-342<\/a> and it: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Identifies the security instrument<\/span>, the original parties to the security instrument<\/span>, the recording data<\/span> for the security instrument<\/span>, and the office in which the security instrument<\/span> is recorded; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> States<\/span> that the person<\/span> signing the satisfaction is the secured creditor<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Contains a legal description of the real property<\/span> identified in the security instrument<\/span>, but only if a legal description is necessary for a satisfaction to be properly indexed; otherwise, the deed book and page number or instrument number is sufficient; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Contains language terminating the effectiveness of the security instrument<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Is signed by the secured creditor<\/span> and acknowledged as required by law<\/span> for a conveyance of an interest in real property<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> shall accept for recording a satisfaction document<\/span>, unless: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> An amount equal to or greater than the applicable recording fees and taxes is not tendered; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The document<\/span> is submitted by a method or in a medium not authorized by the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The document<\/span> is not signed by the secured creditor<\/span> and acknowledged as required by law<\/span> for a conveyance of an interest in real property<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORM AND EFFECT OF SATISFACTION (\u00a7 55.1-350)\n\nA. A document is sufficient to constitute a satisfaction of a security\ninstrument if it conforms substantially in form and content to the requirements\nof \u00a7 55.1-342 and it:\n\n 1. Identifies the security instrument, the original parties to the security\n instrument, the recording data for the security instrument, and the office in\n which the security instrument is recorded;\n\n 2. States that the person signing the satisfaction is the secured creditor;\n\n 3. Contains a legal description of the real property identified in the\n security instrument, but only if a legal description is necessary for a\n satisfaction to be properly indexed; otherwise, the deed book and page number\n or instrument number is sufficient;\n\n 4. Contains language terminating the effectiveness of the security instrument;\n and\n\n 5. Is signed by the secured creditor and acknowledged as required by law for a\n conveyance of an interest in real property.\n\nB. The clerk of the circuit court shall accept for recording a satisfaction\ndocument, unless:\n\n 1. An amount equal to or greater than the applicable recording fees and taxes\n is not tendered;\n\n 2. The document is submitted by a method or in a medium not authorized by the\n laws of the Commonwealth; or\n\n 3. The document is not signed by the secured creditor and acknowledged as\n required by law for a conveyance of an interest in real property.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 907, \u00a7 55-66.12; 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}}