                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROPERTY TITLE RECORDS (§ 13.1-1285)

A. Whenever the records in the office of the clerk of the Commission reflect
that a domestic or foreign business trust has changed or corrected its name,
merged into a domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company,
business trust, limited partnership or partnership, converted into a domestic or
foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or
partnership, or domesticated in or from another jurisdiction, the clerk of the
Commission, upon request, shall issue a certificate reciting such change,
correction, merger, conversion or domestication. The certificate may be admitted
to record in the deed books, in accordance with &#xA7; 17.1-227, of any
clerk&#8217;s office within the jurisdiction of which any property of the
business trust is located in order to maintain the continuity of title records.
The person filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the
court, but no tax shall be due thereon.

B. Whenever a foreign business trust has changed or corrected its name, merged
into a corporation, limited liability company, business trust, limited
partnership or partnership, converted into another type of business entity, or
domesticated in another jurisdiction, and it cannot or chooses not to obtain a
certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or
domestication from the clerk of the Commission pursuant to subsection A, a
similar certificate by any competent authority of the foreign business
trust&#8217;s jurisdiction of formation may be admitted to record in the deed
books, in accordance with &#xA7; 17.1-227, of any clerk&#8217;s office within
the jurisdiction of which any property of the business trust is located in order
to maintain the continuity of title records. The person filing the certificate
shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due
thereon.

HISTORY: 2007, c. 771.