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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":245491,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68276,"identifier":"55.1-607","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/1\/55.1-607","url":"\/55.1-607\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-607\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/1\/55.1-607","dublin_core":{"Title":"When original of writing once recorded is lost, how copy recorded elsewhere","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-607","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If it is proper for any writing that has been recorded in a court<\/span> of any county or city to be recorded in the court<\/span> of another county or city and such writing, before being so recorded in such other court<\/span>, is lost or mislaid, on affidavit<\/span> of this fact<\/span>, such court<\/span> or the clerk of such court<\/span> may record a copy of such writing from the records of another court<\/span>, certified by its clerk, and the copy so recorded shall have the same effect as if the original had been recorded at the time the copy was recorded.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN ORIGINAL OF WRITING ONCE RECORDED IS LOST, HOW COPY RECORDED ELSEWHERE (\u00a7\n55.1-607)\n\nIf it is proper for any writing that has been recorded in a court of any county\nor city to be recorded in the court of another county or city and such writing,\nbefore being so recorded in such other court, is lost or mislaid, on affidavit\nof this fact, such court or the clerk of such court may record a copy of such\nwriting from the records of another court, certified by its clerk, and the copy\nso recorded shall have the same effect as if the original had been recorded at\nthe time the copy was recorded.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5212; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-109; 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}}