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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55556</law_id><section_number>55.1-604</section_number><catch_line>When clerk may refuse document to be recorded</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="II">Real Estate Settlements and Recordation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Recordation of Documents</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A clerk may refuse any document for recording in which the name of the person under which the document is to be indexed does not legibly appear or is not otherwise furnished.</p></section></text><history>1986, c. 277, &#xA7; 55-106.5; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
