                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRIORITY OF WRITINGS WHEN ADMITTED TO RECORD SAME DAY (§ 55.1-410)

Unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, when two or more writings
pertaining to the same property are recorded in the same county or city on the
same day and stamped with the identical time, the instrument number shall
determine the writing that was first recorded. The instrument that was first
recorded shall have priority with respect to the property in such county or
city.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5198; Code 1950, § 55-101; 1987, c. 104; 2019, c. 712.