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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63988</law_id><section_number>25.1-308</section_number><catch_line>Effect of recordation of certificate; transfer of title or interest in property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="25.1">Eminent Domain</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Transferring Defeasible Title by Certificate</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Upon recordation of a <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>: <a id="paragraph-233002" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-308/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The interest or estate of the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> of the <span class="dictionary">property</span> described therein shall terminate; <a id="paragraph-233003" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-308/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The title to such <span class="dictionary">property</span> shall be vested in the <span class="dictionary">authorized condemnor</span>; <a id="paragraph-233004" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-308/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">owner</span> shall have such interest or estate in the funds deposited with the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or represented by the <span class="dictionary">certificate of deposit</span> as the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> had in the <span class="dictionary">property</span> taken or damaged; and <a id="paragraph-233005" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-308/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> All <span class="dictionary">liens</span> by deed of trust, <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> or otherwise upon such <span class="dictionary">property</span> shall be transferred to such funds. <a id="paragraph-233006" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-308/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The title in the <span class="dictionary">authorized condemnor</span> shall be defeasible until (i) the <span class="dictionary">authorized condemnor</span> and such <span class="dictionary">owner</span> reach an agreement as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Agreements as to compensation; petition and order of court thereon; disposition of funds" href="/25.1-317/">25.1-317</a>, or (ii) the compensation for the taking or damage to the <span class="dictionary">property</span> is determined by condemnation proceedings as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Institution of condemnation proceedings" href="/25.1-313/">25.1-313</a>. <a id="paragraph-233007" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-308/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If funds have been deposited with the <span class="dictionary">court</span> under a <span class="dictionary">certificate of take</span>, the clerk shall deposit the funds so paid to the credit of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> in an account of a type that bears interest. <a id="paragraph-233008" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-308/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 940; 2022, c. 735.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
