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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61997</law_id><section_number>55.1-652</section_number><catch_line>Certificates of commencement of case in bankruptcy</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="6">United States Judgments; Bankruptcy</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Certificates of commencement of case signed by clerks of <span class="dictionary">bankruptcy courts</span> or clerks of United States district courts, issued pursuant to the acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy, may be filed with the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> authorized to record deeds for the county or city in which the property of the debtor, for which such certificate has been issued, is located. Such certificate shall be recorded in the deed books and properly indexed in the name of the trustee in bankruptcy in the grantee index and the debtor in the grantor index. For such recordation, the clerk shall receive a fee as prescribed in subdivision A 2 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally" href="/17.1-275/">17.1-275</a>.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 100, &#xA7; 55-142.01; 1994, c. 432; 1996, c. 344; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
