                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STANDARDS FOR WRITINGS TO BE DOCKETED OR RECORDED (§ 55.1-606)

Except as provided in Article 4.1 (§ 17.1-258.2 et seq.) of Title 17.1 and for
electronically signed or electronically notarized documents described in §
17.1-223, all writings that are to be recorded or docketed in the clerk&#8217;s
office of courts of record shall be an original or first generation printed
form, or legible copy thereof, pen and ink, or typed ribbon copy and shall meet
the standards for instruments as adopted under §§ 17.1-227 and 42.1-82 of the
Virginia Public Records Act (§ 42.1-76 et seq.).
		If a writing that does not conform to the requirements of this section or the
standards for instruments adopted under § 17.1-227 and under § 42.1-82 of the
Virginia Public Records Act (§ 42.1-76 et seq.) is accepted for recordation, it
shall be deemed validly recorded and the clerk shall have no liability for
accepting such a writing that does not meet the enumerated criteria in all the
particulars.
		The clerk of the circuit court of any jurisdiction shall be immune from suit
arising from any acts or omissions relating to recordation of paper copies of
electronically notarized documents pursuant to this section unless the clerk was
grossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct.

HISTORY: 1924, p. 144; Michie Code 1942, § 5210a; Code 1950, § 55-108; 1983,
c. 291; 1986, c. 346; 2005, c. 744; 2019, c. 712; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 78.