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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59508</law_id><section_number>33.2-1021</section_number><catch_line>Recordation of certificates; transfer of title or interest; land situated in two or more counties or cities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-275</reference><reference>33.2-1019</reference><reference>33.2-1024</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="33.2">Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Eminent Domain</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Eminent Domain and Damages</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-218019" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-1021/#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 property described therein shall terminate; <a id="paragraph-218020" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-1021/#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 property or interest or estate of the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> shall be vested in the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-218021" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-1021/#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 property taken or damaged; and <a id="paragraph-218022" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-1021/#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 property or estate or interest shall be transferred to such funds. <a id="paragraph-218023" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-1021/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The title in the Commonwealth shall be defeasible until (i) the Commonwealth 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 deposit" href="/33.2-1027/">33.2-1027</a> or (ii) the compensation for the taking or damage to the property is determined by condemnation proceedings as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Certificates to describe land and list owner" href="/33.2-1022/">33.2-1022</a> through <a class="law" title="Enhancement to be offset against damage" href="/33.2-1028/">33.2-1028</a>. <a id="paragraph-218024" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-1021/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If the land affected by the certificate is situated in two or more counties or cities, the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> wherein the certificate is recorded shall certify a copy of such certificate to the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the counties or cities in which any portion of the land lies, who shall record the same in his deed book and index it in the name of the person who had the land before and also in the name of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-218025" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-1021/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 33-70.4; 1958, c. 581; 1970, c. 322, &#xA7; 33.1-122; 2014, c. 805; 2020, c. 1245.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
