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Every (i) contract in writing; (ii) deed conveying any estate or term; (iii) deed of gift, or deed of trust, or mortgage conveying real estate or personal property; and (iv) bill of sale, or contract for the sale of personal property, when the possession is allowed to remain with the grantor, shall be void as to all purchasers for valuable consideration without notice not parties thereto and lien creditors, until and except from the time it is recorded in the county or city in which the property subject to such contract, deed, or bill of sale is located. The fact that any such instrument is in the form of or contains the terms of a quit-claim or release shall not prevent the grantee from being a purchaser for valuable consideration without notice, nor be of itself notice to such grantee of any unrecorded conveyance of or encumbrance upon such real estate or personal property. The mere possession of real estate shall not, of itself, be notice to purchasers for value of any interest or estate therein of the person in possession. As to personal property whose possession is retained by a merchant-seller, the provisions of subsection (2) of \u00a7 8.2-402 of the Uniform Commercial Code shall control. This section shall not apply to any security interest in personal property under the Uniform Commercial Code. Any bill of sale or contract for the sale of personal property when possession is allowed to remain with the grantor shall be deemed to be duly recorded when it is filed in the same manner as Uniform Commercial Code financing statements are filed under the criteria and in the places established by \u00a7 8.9A-501 as if the grantor were a debtor and the grantee a secured party. A recordation under the provisions of this section shall, when any real estate subject to the lien of any such contract has been annexed to or merged with an adjoining city subsequent to such docketing, be deemed to have been recorded in the proper clerk’s office of such city.2\n\nThe clerk of each court in which any such instrument is by law required to be recorded shall keep a daily index of all such instruments admitted to record in his office, and, immediately upon recording such instrument, the clerk shall index the same either in the daily index or the appropriate general index of his office. All instruments indexed in the daily index shall be indexed by the clerk in the appropriate general index within 90 days after recording. During the period permitted for transfer from the daily index to the general index, indexing in the daily index shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this section as to indexing.3\n\na. In any circuit court in which any such instrument required to be recorded is not recorded on the same day as delivered, the clerk shall install a time stamp machine. The time stamp machine shall affix the current date and time of each delivery of any instrument delivered to the clerk for recording that is not immediately recorded and entered into the general or daily index.\n\t\t\t\tb. In the event that a time stamp machine has not been installed or is not functioning, the clerk shall designate an employee to affix the current date and time of each delivery of any instrument delivered to the clerk for recording.\n\t\t\t\tc. In any circuit court in which instruments required to be recorded are not recorded on the same day as delivered, for purposes of subdivision 1, the term “from the time it is recorded” shall be presumed to be the date and time affixed upon the instrument by the time stamp machine or affixed by the clerk in accordance with subdivision b unless the clerk determines that the applicable requirements for recordation of the instrument have not been satisfied.\n\t\t\t\td. The provisions of subdivision 3 shall not apply to certificates of satisfaction or partial satisfaction or assignments of deeds of trust delivered to the clerk’s office other than by hand.B\n\nA credit line deed of trust, recorded pursuant to § 55.1-318, is valid and has priority over any (i) contract in writing, deed, conveyance, or other instrument conveying any such estate or term subsequently recorded or (ii) judgment subsequently docketed as to all advances made under such credit line deed of trust from the date of recordation of such credit line deed of trust, whether or not the particular advance or extension of credit has been made or unconditionally committed at the time of delivery or recordation of such contract in writing, deed, or other instrument or the docketing of such judgment. Any judgment creditor shall have the right to give the notice contemplated by § 55.1-318 and, from the day following receipt of such notice, the judgment as docketed shall have priority over all subsequent advances made pursuant to the credit line deed of trust except those that have been unconditionally and irrevocably committed prior to such date. Mechanics’ liens created under Title 43 shall continue to have the same priority as created by that title. Purchase money security interests in goods and fixtures shall have the same priority as provided in Part 3 of Title 8.9A (§ 8.9A-317 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":276259,"text":"1. Every (i) contract in writing; (ii) deed conveying any estate or term; (iii) deed of gift, or deed of trust, or mortgage conveying real estate or personal property; and (iv) bill of sale, or contract for the sale of personal property, when the possession is allowed to remain with the grantor, shall be void as to all purchasers for valuable consideration without notice not parties thereto and lien creditors, until and except from the time it is recorded in the county or city in which the property subject to such contract, deed, or bill of sale is located. The fact that any such instrument is in the form of or contains the terms of a quit-claim or release shall not prevent the grantee from being a purchaser for valuable consideration without notice, nor be of itself notice to such grantee of any unrecorded conveyance of or encumbrance upon such real estate or personal property. The mere possession of real estate shall not, of itself, be notice to purchasers for value of any interest or estate therein of the person in possession. As to personal property whose possession is retained by a merchant-seller, the provisions of subsection (2) of \u00a7 8.2-402 of the Uniform Commercial Code shall control. This section shall not apply to any security interest in personal property under the Uniform Commercial Code. Any bill of sale or contract for the sale of personal property when possession is allowed to remain with the grantor shall be deemed to be duly recorded when it is filed in the same manner as Uniform Commercial Code financing statements are filed under the criteria and in the places established by \u00a7 8.9A-501 as if the grantor were a debtor and the grantee a secured party. A recordation under the provisions of this section shall, when any real estate subject to the lien of any such contract has been annexed to or merged with an adjoining city subsequent to such docketing, be deemed to have been recorded in the proper clerk’s office of such city.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A2"},"1":{"id":276260,"text":"The clerk of each court in which any such instrument is by law required to be recorded shall keep a daily index of all such instruments admitted to record in his office, and, immediately upon recording such instrument, the clerk shall index the same either in the daily index or the appropriate general index of his office. All instruments indexed in the daily index shall be indexed by the clerk in the appropriate general index within 90 days after recording. During the period permitted for transfer from the daily index to the general index, indexing in the daily index shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this section as to indexing.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A3"},"2":{"id":276261,"text":"a. In any circuit court in which any such instrument required to be recorded is not recorded on the same day as delivered, the clerk shall install a time stamp machine. The time stamp machine shall affix the current date and time of each delivery of any instrument delivered to the clerk for recording that is not immediately recorded and entered into the general or daily index.\n\t\t\t\tb. In the event that a time stamp machine has not been installed or is not functioning, the clerk shall designate an employee to affix the current date and time of each delivery of any instrument delivered to the clerk for recording.\n\t\t\t\tc. In any circuit court in which instruments required to be recorded are not recorded on the same day as delivered, for purposes of subdivision 1, the term “from the time it is recorded” shall be presumed to be the date and time affixed upon the instrument by the time stamp machine or affixed by the clerk in accordance with subdivision b unless the clerk determines that the applicable requirements for recordation of the instrument have not been satisfied.\n\t\t\t\td. The provisions of subdivision 3 shall not apply to certificates of satisfaction or partial satisfaction or assignments of deeds of trust delivered to the clerk’s office other than by hand.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"B"},"3":{"id":276262,"text":"A credit line deed of trust, recorded pursuant to § 55.1-318, is valid and has priority over any (i) contract in writing, deed, conveyance, or other instrument conveying any such estate or term subsequently recorded or (ii) judgment subsequently docketed as to all advances made under such credit line deed of trust from the date of recordation of such credit line deed of trust, whether or not the particular advance or extension of credit has been made or unconditionally committed at the time of delivery or recordation of such contract in writing, deed, or other instrument or the docketing of such judgment. Any judgment creditor shall have the right to give the notice contemplated by § 55.1-318 and, from the day following receipt of such notice, the judgment as docketed shall have priority over all subsequent advances made pursuant to the credit line deed of trust except those that have been unconditionally and irrevocably committed prior to such date. Mechanics’ liens created under Title 43 shall continue to have the same priority as created by that title. Purchase money security interests in goods and fixtures shall have the same priority as provided in Part 3 of Title 8.9A (§ 8.9A-317 et seq.).","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A3"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14252,"edition_id":1,"name":"Fraudulent and Voluntary Conveyances; Writings Necessary to be Recorded","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13327,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:27","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:27","permalink":{"id":245263,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14252,"identifier":"4","token":"55.1\/I\/4","url":"\/55.1\/I\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13327,"edition_id":1,"name":"Property Conveyances","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12707,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:39","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:39","permalink":{"id":244771,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13327,"identifier":"I","token":"55.1\/I","url":"\/55.1\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12707,"edition_id":1,"name":"Property and Conveyances","identifier":"55.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":244769,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12707,"identifier":"55.1","token":"55.1","url":"\/55.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":59922,"structure_id":14252,"section_number":"55.1-400","catch_line":"Void fraudulent acts; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 1964, chapters 219, 309, and 314; in 1966, chapter 400; in 1974, chapter 522; in 1982, chapter 230; in 1984, chapter 19; in 1988, chapter 51; in 2003, chapter 776<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 267<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59161,"section_number":"46.2-638","catch_line":"Certificate as notice of security interest","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-638\/"},{"id":75054,"section_number":"55.1-319","catch_line":"Priority of residential refinance mortgage over subordinate mortgage","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-319\/"}],"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\/"},{"id":56678,"section_number":"8.2-402","catch_line":"Rights of seller's creditors against sold goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-402\/"},{"id":62358,"section_number":"8.9A-317","catch_line":"Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-317\/"},{"id":72400,"section_number":"8.9A-501","catch_line":"Filing office","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-501\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245293,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76968,"identifier":"55.1-407","token":"55.1\/I\/4\/55.1-407","url":"\/55.1-407\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-407\/","token":"55.1\/I\/4\/55.1-407","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contracts, etc., void as to creditors and purchasers until recorded; priority of credit line deed of trust","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-407","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> 1. Every (i) contract<\/span> in writing; (ii) deed conveying any estate or term; (iii) deed of gift, or deed of trust, or mortgage conveying real estate or personal property; and (iv) bill of sale, or contract<\/span> for the sale of personal property, when the possession<\/span> is allowed to remain with the grantor, shall be void as to all purchasers for valuable consideration without notice not parties thereto and lien<\/span> creditors<\/span>, until and except from the time it is recorded in the county or city in which the property subject to such contract<\/span>, deed, or bill of sale is located. The fact<\/span> that any such instrument is in the form of or contains the terms of a quit-claim or release shall not prevent the grantee from being a purchaser for valuable consideration without notice, nor be of itself notice to such grantee of any unrecorded conveyance of or encumbrance upon such real estate or personal property. The mere possession<\/span> of real estate shall not, of itself, be notice to purchasers for value of any interest or estate therein of the person in possession<\/span>. As to personal property whose possession<\/span> is retained by a merchant-seller, the provisions of subsection (2) of \u00a7 8.2-402<\/a> of the Uniform Commercial Code shall control. This section shall not apply to any security interest in personal property under the Uniform Commercial Code. Any bill of sale or contract<\/span> for the sale of personal property when possession<\/span> is allowed to remain with the grantor shall be deemed to be duly recorded when it is filed in the same manner as Uniform Commercial Code financing statements are filed under the criteria and in the places established by \u00a7 8.9A-501<\/a> as if the grantor were a debtor and the grantee a secured party<\/span>. A recordation under the provisions of this section shall, when any real estate subject to the lien<\/span> of any such contract<\/span> has been annexed to or merged with an adjoining city subsequent to such docketing, be deemed to have been recorded in the proper clerk’s office of such city. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The clerk of each court<\/span> in which any such instrument is by law<\/span> required to be recorded shall keep a daily index of all such instruments admitted to record in his office, and, immediately upon recording such instrument, the clerk shall index the same either in the daily index or the appropriate general index of his office. All instruments indexed in the daily index shall be indexed by the clerk in the appropriate general index within 90 days after recording. During the period permitted for transfer from the daily index to the general index, indexing in the daily index shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this section as to indexing. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> a. In any circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in which any such instrument required to be recorded is not recorded on the same day as delivered, the clerk shall install a time stamp machine. The time stamp machine shall affix the current date and time of each delivery of any instrument delivered to the clerk for recording that is not immediately recorded and entered into the general or daily index.\n\t\t\t\tb. In the event that a time stamp machine has not been installed or is not functioning, the clerk shall designate an employee to affix the current date and time of each delivery of any instrument delivered to the clerk for recording.\n\t\t\t\tc. In any circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in which instruments required to be recorded are not recorded on the same day as delivered, for purposes of subdivision 1, the term “from the time it is recorded” shall be presumed to be the date and time affixed upon the instrument by the time stamp machine or affixed by the clerk in accordance with subdivision b unless the clerk determines that the applicable requirements for recordation of the instrument have not been satisfied.\n\t\t\t\td. The provisions of subdivision 3 shall not apply to certificates of satisfaction or partial satisfaction or assignments of deeds of trust delivered to the clerk’s office other than by hand. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A credit line deed of trust, recorded pursuant to § 55.1-318<\/a>, is valid and has priority over any (i) contract<\/span> in writing, deed, conveyance, or other instrument conveying any such estate or term subsequently recorded or (ii) judgment subsequently docketed as to all advances made under such credit line deed of trust from the date of recordation of such credit line deed of trust, whether or not the particular advance or extension of credit has been made or unconditionally committed at the time of delivery or recordation of such contract<\/span> in writing, deed, or other instrument or the docketing of such judgment. Any judgment creditor<\/span> shall have the right to give the notice contemplated by § 55.1-318<\/a> and, from the day following receipt of such notice, the judgment as docketed shall have priority over all subsequent advances made pursuant to the credit line deed of trust except those that have been unconditionally and irrevocably committed prior to such date. Mechanics’ liens<\/span> created under Title 43 shall continue to have the same priority as created by that title. Purchase money security interests in goods and fixtures shall have the same priority as provided in Part 3 of Title 8.9A (§ 8.9A-317<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTRACTS, ETC., VOID AS TO CREDITORS AND PURCHASERS UNTIL RECORDED; PRIORITY OF\nCREDIT LINE DEED OF TRUST (\u00a7 55.1-407)\n\nA. 1. Every (i) contract in writing; (ii) deed conveying any estate or term;\n(iii) deed of gift, or deed of trust, or mortgage conveying real estate or\npersonal property; and (iv) bill of sale, or contract for the sale of personal\nproperty, when the possession is allowed to remain with the grantor, shall be\nvoid as to all purchasers for valuable consideration without notice not parties\nthereto and lien creditors, until and except from the time it is recorded in the\ncounty or city in which the property subject to such contract, deed, or bill of\nsale is located. The fact that any such instrument is in the form of or contains\nthe terms of a quit-claim or release shall not prevent the grantee from being a\npurchaser for valuable consideration without notice, nor be of itself notice to\nsuch grantee of any unrecorded conveyance of or encumbrance upon such real\nestate or personal property. The mere possession of real estate shall not, of\nitself, be notice to purchasers for value of any interest or estate therein of\nthe person in possession. As to personal property whose possession is retained\nby a merchant-seller, the provisions of subsection (2) of \u00a7 8.2-402 of the\nUniform Commercial Code shall control. This section shall not apply to any\nsecurity interest in personal property under the Uniform Commercial Code. Any\nbill of sale or contract for the sale of personal property when possession is\nallowed to remain with the grantor shall be deemed to be duly recorded when it\nis filed in the same manner as Uniform Commercial Code financing statements are\nfiled under the criteria and in the places established by \u00a7 8.9A-501 as if the\ngrantor were a debtor and the grantee a secured party. A recordation under the\nprovisions of this section shall, when any real estate subject to the lien of\nany such contract has been annexed to or merged with an adjoining city\nsubsequent to such docketing, be deemed to have been recorded in the proper\nclerk’s office of such city.\n\n 2. The clerk of each court in which any such instrument is by law required to\n be recorded shall keep a daily index of all such instruments admitted to\n record in his office, and, immediately upon recording such instrument, the\n clerk shall index the same either in the daily index or the appropriate\n general index of his office. All instruments indexed in the daily index shall\n be indexed by the clerk in the appropriate general index within 90 days after\n recording. During the period permitted for transfer from the daily index to\n the general index, indexing in the daily index shall be a sufficient\n compliance with the requirements of this section as to indexing.\n\n 3. a. In any circuit court in which any such instrument required to be\n recorded is not recorded on the same day as delivered, the clerk shall install\n a time stamp machine. The time stamp machine shall affix the current date and\n time of each delivery of any instrument delivered to the clerk for recording\n that is not immediately recorded and entered into the general or daily index.\n \t\t\t\tb. In the event that a time stamp machine has not been installed or is not\n functioning, the clerk shall designate an employee to affix the current date\n and time of each delivery of any instrument delivered to the clerk for\n recording.\n \t\t\t\tc. In any circuit court in which instruments required to be recorded are\n not recorded on the same day as delivered, for purposes of subdivision 1, the\n term “from the time it is recorded” shall be presumed to be the\n date and time affixed upon the instrument by the time stamp machine or affixed\n by the clerk in accordance with subdivision b unless the clerk determines that\n the applicable requirements for recordation of the instrument have not been\n satisfied.\n \t\t\t\td. The provisions of subdivision 3 shall not apply to certificates of\n satisfaction or partial satisfaction or assignments of deeds of trust\n delivered to the clerk’s office other than by hand.\n\nB. A credit line deed of trust, recorded pursuant to § 55.1-318, is valid\nand has priority over any (i) contract in writing, deed, conveyance, or other\ninstrument conveying any such estate or term subsequently recorded or (ii)\njudgment subsequently docketed as to all advances made under such credit line\ndeed of trust from the date of recordation of such credit line deed of trust,\nwhether or not the particular advance or extension of credit has been made or\nunconditionally committed at the time of delivery or recordation of such\ncontract in writing, deed, or other instrument or the docketing of such\njudgment. Any judgment creditor shall have the right to give the notice\ncontemplated by § 55.1-318 and, from the day following receipt of such\nnotice, the judgment as docketed shall have priority over all subsequent\nadvances made pursuant to the credit line deed of trust except those that have\nbeen unconditionally and irrevocably committed prior to such date.\nMechanics’ liens created under Title 43 shall continue to have the same\npriority as created by that title. Purchase money security interests in goods\nand fixtures shall have the same priority as provided in Part 3 of Title 8.9A\n(§ 8.9A-317 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5194; 1922, p. 474; 1944, p. 356; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-96;\n1964, cc. 219, 309, 314; 1966, c. 400; 1974, c. 522; 1982, c. 230; 1984, c. 19;\n1988, c. 51; 2003, c. 776; 2014, c. 267; 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}}