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A copy of any judgment<\/span> or order<\/span> of any United States court<\/span> affecting the title to, boundary or possession<\/span> of, or any interest in and to any real estate lying wholly or partly within the Commonwealth, when duly certified by the proper officer of any such court<\/span>, may be filed with the clerk of the court<\/span> in whose office deeds are recorded of the county or city in which the real estate so affected, or any part of such real estate, is situated, and when so filed shall be recorded by such clerk in the current deed book in his office and indexed in the names of the persons whose interests appear to be affected thereby, upon the payment of the same fee prescribed by law<\/span> to be paid for the recordation of similar judgments<\/span> or orders<\/span> of state courts<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJUDGMENTS OF UNITED STATES COURTS AFFECTING REALTY (\u00a7 55.1-650)\n\nA copy of any judgment or order of any United States court affecting the title\nto, boundary or possession of, or any interest in and to any real estate lying\nwholly or partly within the Commonwealth, when duly certified by the proper\nofficer of any such court, may be filed with the clerk of the court in whose\noffice deeds are recorded of the county or city in which the real estate so\naffected, or any part of such real estate, is situated, and when so filed shall\nbe recorded by such clerk in the current deed book in his office and indexed in\nthe names of the persons whose interests appear to be affected thereby, upon the\npayment of the same fee prescribed by law to be paid for the recordation of\nsimilar judgments or orders of state courts.\n\nHISTORY: 1934, p. 839; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 5216b; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-140; 2019,\nc. 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}}