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This law was first created in 1958. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 220 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 1958 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 711<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245467,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67980,"identifier":"55.1-601","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/1\/55.1-601","url":"\/55.1-601\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-601\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/1\/55.1-601","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recording and indexing of certain documents showing changes of names","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A duly authenticated copy of a marriage license with the certificate of the person celebrating the marriage or a duly authenticated copy of a final order<\/span> of divorce showing a change of name of any person shall be entitled to be recorded in the clerk’s office in which deeds are recorded of the county or city in which any land, or an interest in any land, that is owned by such person lies and shall be indexed by such clerk in the grantor and grantee indices in his office.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDING AND INDEXING OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS SHOWING CHANGES OF NAMES (\u00a7\n55.1-601)\n\nA duly authenticated copy of a marriage license with the certificate of the\nperson celebrating the marriage or a duly authenticated copy of a final order of\ndivorce showing a change of name of any person shall be entitled to be recorded\nin the clerk’s office in which deeds are recorded of the county or city in\nwhich any land, or an interest in any land, that is owned by such person lies\nand shall be indexed by such clerk in the grantor and grantee indices in his\noffice.\n\nHISTORY: 1958, c. 220, \u00a7 55-106.1; 2019, c. 712; 2024, c. 711.","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}}