                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE (§ 15.2-1803)

Every deed purporting to convey real estate to a locality shall be in a form
approved by the attorney for the locality, or if there is no such attorney, then
a qualified attorney-at-law selected by the governing body. No such deed shall
be valid unless accepted by the locality, which acceptance shall appear on the
face thereof or on a separately recorded instrument and shall be executed by a
person authorized to act on behalf of the locality. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to any conveyance of real estate to any locality under
the provisions of Article 6 (§ 15.2-2240 et seq.) of Chapter 22 or prior to
December 1, 1997.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-709.1; 1958, c. 360; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-286; 1968,
c. 416; 1977, c. 584; 1980, c. 215; 1984, c. 87; 1997, c. 587.