                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OF CERTAIN PROHIBITED COVENANTS (§ 55.1-300.1)

Any restrictive covenant prohibited by subsection A of § 36-96.6 may be
released by the owner of real property subject to such covenant by recording a
Certificate of Release of Certain Prohibited Covenants. The real property owner
may record such certificate (i) prior to recordation of a deed conveying real
property to a purchaser or (ii) when such real property owner discovers that
such prohibited covenant exists and chooses to affirmatively release the same.
Such certificate may be prepared without assistance of an attorney, but shall
conform substantially to the following Certificate of Release of Certain
Prohibited Covenants form:
		&#8220;CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OF CERTAIN PROHIBITED COVENANTS
		Place of Record: ________
		Date of Instrument containing prohibited covenant(s): ____
		Instrument Type: __________
		Deed Book ____ Page ___ or Plat Book ____ Page___
		Name(s) of Grantor(s): ________
		Name(s) of Current Owner(s): ________
		Real Property Description: ________
		Brief Description of Prohibited Covenant: ________
		The covenant contained in the above-mentioned instrument is released from the
above-described real property to the extent that it contains terms purporting to
restrict the ownership or use of the property as prohibited by subsection A of
§ 36-96.6.
		The undersigned is/are the legal owner(s) of the property described herein.
		Given under my/our hand(s) this ____ day of ____ , 20__.
		________
		________
		(Current Owners)
		Commonwealth of Virginia,
		County/City of ______ to wit:
		Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by ______ this ____ day of
____, 20__.
		My Commission Expires: ______
		________
		NOTARY PUBLIC
		Notary Registration Number: ______
		The clerk shall satisfy the requirements of § 17.1-228.&#8221;

HISTORY: 2020, c. 748.