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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1983, chapter 291; in 1986, chapter 346; in 2005, chapter 744<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78488,"section_number":"17.1-223","catch_line":"Duty of clerk to record writings, etc., and make index","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-223\/"},{"id":54933,"section_number":"17.1-227","catch_line":"Documents to be recorded in deed books; social security numbers","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-227\/"},{"id":58438,"section_number":"17.1-258.2","catch_line":"Definition","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-258.2\/"},{"id":74854,"section_number":"42.1-76","catch_line":"Legislative intent; title of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-76\/"},{"id":73353,"section_number":"42.1-82","catch_line":"Duties and powers of Library Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-82\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245487,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64543,"identifier":"55.1-606","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/1\/55.1-606","url":"\/55.1-606\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-606\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/1\/55.1-606","dublin_core":{"Title":"Standards for writings to be docketed or recorded","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-606","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as provided in Article 4.1 (\u00a7 17.1-258.2<\/a> et seq.) of Title 17.1 and for electronically signed or electronically notarized documents described in \u00a7 17.1-223<\/a>, all writings that are to be recorded or docketed in the clerk’s office of courts<\/span> of record shall be an original or first generation printed form, or legible copy thereof, pen and ink, or typed ribbon copy and shall meet the standards for instruments as adopted under \u00a7\u00a7 17.1-227<\/a> and 42.1-82<\/a> of the Virginia Public Records Act (\u00a7 42.1-76<\/a> et seq.).\n\t\tIf a writing that does not conform to the requirements of this section or the standards for instruments adopted under \u00a7 17.1-227<\/a> and under \u00a7 42.1-82<\/a> of the Virginia Public Records Act (\u00a7 42.1-76<\/a> et seq.) is accepted for recordation, it shall be deemed validly recorded and the clerk shall have no liability for accepting such a writing that does not meet the enumerated criteria in all the particulars.\n\t\tThe clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any jurisdiction<\/span> shall be immune from suit arising from any acts or omissions relating to recordation of paper copies of electronically notarized documents pursuant to this section unless the clerk was grossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTANDARDS FOR WRITINGS TO BE DOCKETED OR RECORDED (\u00a7 55.1-606)\n\nExcept as provided in Article 4.1 (\u00a7 17.1-258.2 et seq.) of Title 17.1 and for\nelectronically signed or electronically notarized documents described in \u00a7\n17.1-223, all writings that are to be recorded or docketed in the clerk’s\noffice of courts of record shall be an original or first generation printed\nform, or legible copy thereof, pen and ink, or typed ribbon copy and shall meet\nthe standards for instruments as adopted under \u00a7\u00a7 17.1-227 and 42.1-82 of the\nVirginia Public Records Act (\u00a7 42.1-76 et seq.).\n\t\tIf a writing that does not conform to the requirements of this section or the\nstandards for instruments adopted under \u00a7 17.1-227 and under \u00a7 42.1-82 of the\nVirginia Public Records Act (\u00a7 42.1-76 et seq.) is accepted for recordation, it\nshall be deemed validly recorded and the clerk shall have no liability for\naccepting such a writing that does not meet the enumerated criteria in all the\nparticulars.\n\t\tThe clerk of the circuit court of any jurisdiction shall be immune from suit\narising from any acts or omissions relating to recordation of paper copies of\nelectronically notarized documents pursuant to this section unless the clerk was\ngrossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct.\n\nHISTORY: 1924, p. 144; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 5210a; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-108; 1983,\nc. 291; 1986, c. 346; 2005, c. 744; 2019, c. 712; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 78.","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}}