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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 1241<\/a> and 1281<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75408,"section_number":"33.2-2600.1","catch_line":"Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program and Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-2600.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":72622,"section_number":"33.2-1903","catch_line":"Procedure for creation of districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1903\/"},{"id":75408,"section_number":"33.2-2600.1","catch_line":"Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program and Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-2600.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":255013,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69082,"identifier":"58.1-802.5","token":"58.1\/I\/8\/58.1-802.5","url":"\/58.1-802.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-802.5\/","token":"58.1\/I\/8\/58.1-802.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"(For contingent expiration, see Acts 2020, cc. 1241 and 1281) Regional transportation improvement fee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-802.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In addition to any other tax or fee imposed under the provisions of this chapter, a fee, delineated as the “regional transportation improvement fee,” is hereby imposed on each deed, instrument, or writing by which lands, tenements, or other realty located in a county or city located in a transportation district in Hampton Roads created pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1903<\/a> is sold and is granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to or vested in the purchaser or any other person, by such purchaser’s direction. The rate of the fee, when the consideration or value of the interest, whichever is greater, equals or exceeds $100, shall be $0.06 for each $100 or fraction thereof, exclusive of the value of any lien<\/span> or encumbrance remaining thereon at the time of the sale, whether such lien<\/span> is assumed or the realty is sold subject to such lien<\/span> or encumbrance.\n\t\tThe fee imposed by this section shall be paid by the grantor, or any person who signs on behalf of the grantor, of any deed, instrument, or writing subject to the fee imposed by this section; however, the grantor and grantee may arrange for the grantee to pay all or a portion of the fee.\n\t\tNo such deed, instrument, or other writing shall be admitted to record unless certification of the clerk wherein first recorded has been affixed thereto that the fee imposed pursuant to this section has been paid.\n\t\tFees imposed by this section shall be collected by the clerk of the court<\/span> and deposited into the state treasury as soon as practicable. Such fees shall then be deposited into the Regional Transit Fund established in \u00a7 33.2-2600.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(FOR CONTINGENT EXPIRATION, SEE ACTS 2020, CC. 1241 AND 1281) REGIONAL\nTRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FEE (\u00a7 58.1-802.5)\n\nIn addition to any other tax or fee imposed under the provisions of this\nchapter, a fee, delineated as the “regional transportation improvement\nfee,” is hereby imposed on each deed, instrument, or writing by which\nlands, tenements, or other realty located in a county or city located in a\ntransportation district in Hampton Roads created pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1903 is\nsold and is granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to or vested\nin the purchaser or any other person, by such purchaser’s direction. The\nrate of the fee, when the consideration or value of the interest, whichever is\ngreater, equals or exceeds $100, shall be $0.06 for each $100 or fraction\nthereof, exclusive of the value of any lien or encumbrance remaining thereon at\nthe time of the sale, whether such lien is assumed or the realty is sold subject\nto such lien or encumbrance.\n\t\tThe fee imposed by this section shall be paid by the grantor, or any person\nwho signs on behalf of the grantor, of any deed, instrument, or writing subject\nto the fee imposed by this section; however, the grantor and grantee may arrange\nfor the grantee to pay all or a portion of the fee.\n\t\tNo such deed, instrument, or other writing shall be admitted to record unless\ncertification of the clerk wherein first recorded has been affixed thereto that\nthe fee imposed pursuant to this section has been paid.\n\t\tFees imposed by this section shall be collected by the clerk of the court and\ndeposited into the state treasury as soon as practicable. Such fees shall then\nbe deposited into the Regional Transit Fund established in \u00a7 33.2-2600.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 1241, 1281, \u00a7 58.1-802.4.","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}}