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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 13 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 1952, chapter 109; in 1956, chapter 706; in 1958, chapter 218; in 1962, chapter 367; in 1966, chapters 137 and 492; in 1968, chapter 4; in 1972, chapter 631; in 1976, chapter 685; in 1980, chapter 143; in 1984, chapter 35; in 1989, chapter 602; in 1995, chapter 48<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79918,"section_number":"55.1-602","catch_line":"Presumption that recorded writings are in proper form","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-602\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245591,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54491,"identifier":"55.1-630","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/5\/55.1-630","url":"\/55.1-630\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-630\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/5\/55.1-630","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acknowledgment taken by trustee in deed of trust; later date","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-630","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any certificate of acknowledgment of any deed of trust, taken and certified prior to July 1, 1995, by a person named as trustee therein who was, at the time of taking the acknowledgment, an officer authorized by law<\/span> to take acknowledgments of deeds, is declared to be as valid and of the same force and effect as if such person had not been a trustee in the deed of trust. Subject to the provisions of \u00a7 55.1-602<\/a>, however, this section shall not affect any right or remedy of any third party<\/span> that accrued after the recordation of the deed of trust and before July 1, 1995.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACKNOWLEDGMENT TAKEN BY TRUSTEE IN DEED OF TRUST; LATER DATE (\u00a7 55.1-630)\n\nAny certificate of acknowledgment of any deed of trust, taken and certified\nprior to July 1, 1995, by a person named as trustee therein who was, at the time\nof taking the acknowledgment, an officer authorized by law to take\nacknowledgments of deeds, is declared to be as valid and of the same force and\neffect as if such person had not been a trustee in the deed of trust. Subject to\nthe provisions of \u00a7 55.1-602, however, this section shall not affect any right\nor remedy of any third party that accrued after the recordation of the deed of\ntrust and before July 1, 1995.\n\nHISTORY: 1948, p. 392; Michie Suppl. 1948, \u00a7 5207b1; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-125;\n1952, c. 109; 1956, c. 706; 1958, c. 218; 1962, c. 367; 1966, cc. 137, 492;\n1968, c. 4; 1972, c. 631; 1976, c. 685; 1980, c. 143; 1984, c. 35; 1989, c. 602;\n1995, c. 48; 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}}