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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63325</law_id><section_number>55.1-315</section_number><catch_line>Effect of option; recording</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="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Property Conveyances</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Form and Effect of Deeds and Covenants; Liens</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Form and Effect of Deeds; Easements</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any option to purchase real estate, and any <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span>, renewal, or extension of such option, shall be void as to (i) all purchasers for valuable consideration without notice who are not parties to such instrument and (ii) <span class="dictionary">lien</span> <span class="dictionary">creditors</span>, until such instrument is recorded in the county or city in which the property embraced in the option, <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span>, renewal, or extension is located. <a id="paragraph-230743" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-315/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding any rule of <span class="dictionary">law</span> or <span class="dictionary">equity</span> denominated &#x201C;fettering,&#x201D; &#x201C;clogging the <span class="dictionary">equity</span> of <span class="dictionary">redemption</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;claiming a <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> advantage&#x201D; or any similar rule: <a id="paragraph-230744" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-315/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A <span class="dictionary">party</span> secured by a mortgage or deed of trust, without adversely affecting his security interest, may acquire from a borrower any direct or indirect present or future ownership interest in the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> encumbered thereby, including rights to any income, proceeds, or increase in value derived from such <span class="dictionary">collateral</span>; and <a id="paragraph-230745" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-315/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> An option to acquire an interest in real estate granted to a <span class="dictionary">party</span> secured by a mortgage or deed of trust, other than an option granted to such <span class="dictionary">party</span> in connection with a mortgage loan as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-1600/">6.2-1600</a>, is effective according to its terms and takes priority as provided in subsection A if the right to exercise the option is not dependent upon the occurrence of a <span class="dictionary">default</span> under the mortgage or deed of trust. <a id="paragraph-230746" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-315/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, c. 596, &#xA7; 55-57.2; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
