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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":[{"id":74400,"section_number":"55.1-207","catch_line":"Appointment of attorney-in-fact by married person; effect of writing executed by such attorney","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-207\/"},{"id":80086,"section_number":"55.1-625","catch_line":"Acknowledgments on behalf of corporations and others","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-625\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61518,"section_number":"55.1-600","catch_line":"When and where writings recorded","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66884,"identifier":"55.1-613","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/2\/55.1-613","url":"\/55.1-613\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-613\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/2\/55.1-613","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acknowledgments outside of the United States and its dependencies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-613","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any county or city, or the clerk of such court<\/span>, shall also record any writing as is described in \u00a7 55.1-600<\/a> as to any person whose name is signed thereto upon the certificate under the official seal of any ambassador, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, charge d’affaires, consul-general, consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent appointed by the government of the United States to any foreign country, or of the proper officer of any court<\/span> of record of such country or of the mayor or other chief magistrate<\/span> of any city, town, or corporation therein, that such writing was acknowledged by such person or proved as to him by two witnesses before any person having such appointment or before such court<\/span>, mayor, or chief magistrate<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS DEPENDENCIES (\u00a7 55.1-613)\n\nA circuit court of any county or city, or the clerk of such court, shall also\nrecord any writing as is described in \u00a7 55.1-600 as to any person whose name is\nsigned thereto upon the certificate under the official seal of any ambassador,\nminister plenipotentiary, minister resident, charge d’affaires,\nconsul-general, consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent appointed by the\ngovernment of the United States to any foreign country, or of the proper officer\nof any court of record of such country or of the mayor or other chief magistrate\nof any city, town, or corporation therein, that such writing was acknowledged by\nsuch person or proved as to him by two witnesses before any person having such\nappointment or before such court, mayor, or chief magistrate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5206; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-114; 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}}