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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67118</law_id><section_number>25.1-314</section_number><catch_line>Order confirming award; recordation</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><p>The <span class="dictionary">final order</span> of the court confirming an award of compensation to the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> or <span class="dictionary">owners</span> of <span class="dictionary">property</span> shall confirm in the <span class="dictionary">authorized condemnor</span> absolute and indefeasible title to the <span class="dictionary">property</span> that is the subject of the condemnation proceeding. Such order shall be recorded in the current <span class="dictionary">land</span> records in the office of each <span class="dictionary">clerk of court</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> was recorded.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 940.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
