                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECORDATION OF COPY OF LOST DEED PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN WHAT IS NOW WEST
VIRGINIA (§ 55.1-610)

In any case when any deed was duly recorded before the formation of the state of
West Virginia in any county or city now within the limits of West Virginia and
such deed, after diligent search, cannot be found, upon affidavit of that fact
by any party in interest, his agent, or his attorney, any court of the
Commonwealth in which, or the clerk&#8217;s office of which, the original might
be recorded, or the clerk of any such court, may record a copy of such deed from
the records of the court of West Virginia, or the clerk&#8217;s office of such
court in which such deed is recorded, duly certified by the clerk of such court,
under the seal of the court, and the recordation of such copy shall have the
same effect as the recordation of the original.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5212; Code 1950, § 55-110; 2019, c. 712.