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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245285,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70774,"identifier":"55.1-405","token":"55.1\/I\/4\/55.1-405","url":"\/55.1-405\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-405\/","token":"55.1\/I\/4\/55.1-405","dublin_core":{"Title":"Loans and reservations of a use or property to be recorded","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-405","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When any loan of personal property is pretended to have been made to any person with whom, or with those claiming under him, possession<\/span> has remained five years without demand made and pursued by due process<\/span> of law<\/span> on the part of the pretended lender, or when any reservation or limitation is pretended to have been made of a use or property by way of condition, reversion, remainder, or otherwise in personal property, the possession<\/span> of which has so remained in another as aforesaid, the absolute property shall be taken to be with the possession<\/span> and such loan, reservation, or limitation void as to creditors<\/span> of, and purchasers from, the person so remaining in possession<\/span>, unless such loan, reservation, or limitation is declared by will which, or a copy of which, or by deed or other writing which, is duly recorded within a period of five years in the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or city in which the personal property is located.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOANS AND RESERVATIONS OF A USE OR PROPERTY TO BE RECORDED (\u00a7 55.1-405)\n\nWhen any loan of personal property is pretended to have been made to any person\nwith whom, or with those claiming under him, possession has remained five years\nwithout demand made and pursued by due process of law on the part of the\npretended lender, or when any reservation or limitation is pretended to have\nbeen made of a use or property by way of condition, reversion, remainder, or\notherwise in personal property, the possession of which has so remained in\nanother as aforesaid, the absolute property shall be taken to be with the\npossession and such loan, reservation, or limitation void as to creditors of,\nand purchasers from, the person so remaining in possession, unless such loan,\nreservation, or limitation is declared by will which, or a copy of which, or by\ndeed or other writing which, is duly recorded within a period of five years in\nthe circuit court of the county or city in which the personal property is\nlocated.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5188; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-87; 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}}