                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COVENANT FOR &#8220;QUIET POSSESSION&#8221; AND &#8220;FREE FROM ALL
ENCUMBRANCES.&#8221; (§ 55.1-360)

A covenant by any such grantor &#8220;that the grantee shall have quiet
possession of the said land&#8221; shall have as much effect as if he covenanted
that the grantee and his heirs and assigns might, at any and all times
thereafter, peaceably and quietly enter upon and have, hold, and enjoy the land
conveyed by the deed, or intended so to be, with all the buildings thereon and
the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, and receive and take the
rents and profits thereof, to and for his and their use and benefit, without any
eviction, interruption, suit, claim, or demand whatever. If to such covenant
there be added &#8220;free from all encumbrances,&#8221; these words shall have
as much effect as the words &#8220;and that freely and absolutely acquitted,
exonerated, and forever discharged, or otherwise by the said grantor or his
heirs saved harmless and indemnified of, from, and against any and every charge
and encumbrance whatever.&#8221;

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5175; Code 1950, § 55-72; 2019, c. 712.