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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 1976, chapter 685; in 1984, chapter 35; in 1989, chapter 602; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245579,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79656,"identifier":"55.1-627","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/5\/55.1-627","url":"\/55.1-627\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-627\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/5\/55.1-627","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acts of notaries public, etc., who have held certain other offices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-627","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings, taken and certified by notaries public and commissioners in chancery, and all depositions<\/span> taken, accounts and reports made, and decrees<\/span> executed by any notary public, commissioner in chancery<\/span>, or commissioner of accounts, who, since January 1, 1989, may have held the office of county treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth, county clerk, commissioner of the revenue, superintendent of the poor, county surveyor, or supervisor shall be held and are hereby declared valid and effective in all respects if otherwise valid and effective according to the law<\/span> then in force.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACTS OF NOTARIES PUBLIC, ETC., WHO HAVE HELD CERTAIN OTHER OFFICES (\u00a7 55.1-627)\n\nAll certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings, taken and\ncertified by notaries public and commissioners in chancery, and all depositions\ntaken, accounts and reports made, and decrees executed by any notary public,\ncommissioner in chancery, or commissioner of accounts, who, since January 1,\n1989, may have held the office of county treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the\nCommonwealth, county clerk, commissioner of the revenue, superintendent of the\npoor, county surveyor, or supervisor shall be held and are hereby declared valid\nand effective in all respects if otherwise valid and effective according to the\nlaw then in force.\n\nHISTORY: 1920, p. 340; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 5209c; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-122; 1976,\nc. 685; 1984, c. 35; 1989, c. 602; 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}}