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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1975, chapter 500; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61518,"section_number":"55.1-600","catch_line":"When and where writings recorded","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-600\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80086,"section_number":"55.1-625","catch_line":"Acknowledgments on behalf of corporations and others","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-625\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245565,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75500,"identifier":"55.1-624","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/4\/55.1-624","url":"\/55.1-624\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-624\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/4\/55.1-624","dublin_core":{"Title":"Deeds of corporations; how to be executed and acknowledged","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-624","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All deeds made by corporations shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the president or acting president, or any vice-president, or by such other person as may be authorized to do so by the board of directors of such corporation, and, if such deed is to be recorded, the person signing the name of the corporation shall acknowledge such authority in the manner provided by \u00a7 55.1-625<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEEDS OF CORPORATIONS; HOW TO BE EXECUTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED (\u00a7 55.1-624)\n\nAll deeds made by corporations shall be signed in the name of the corporation by\nthe president or acting president, or any vice-president, or by such other\nperson as may be authorized to do so by the board of directors of such\ncorporation, and, if such deed is to be recorded, the person signing the name of\nthe corporation shall acknowledge such authority in the manner provided by \u00a7\n55.1-625.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5208; 1920, p. 586; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-119; 1959, Ex.\nSess., c. 41; 1975, c. 500; 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}}