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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76052</law_id><section_number>55.1-2400</section_number><catch_line>Definition</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-702</reference><reference>64.2-200</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="24">Escheats</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, &#x201C;known&#x201D; in terms of determining whether an owner is &#x201C;known&#x201D; includes inspection of tax records and any other inquiry deemed to be reasonable. It need not include inspection of the premises or inspection of title records in the clerk&#x2019;s office in the county or city in which the land is located.</p></section></text><history>1984, c. 315, &#xA7; 55-170.1; 1988, c. 312; 1996, c. 551; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
