                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VALIDATION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WHEN SEAL NOT AFFIXED (§ 55.1-628)

When a certificate of acknowledgment was made prior to July 1, 1995, to any
instrument in writing required by this chapter to be acknowledged and the notary
or other official whether of this or some other state taking such acknowledgment
failed to affix his official seal to such certificate of acknowledgment when a
seal was necessary, the certificate of acknowledgment shall be as valid for all
purposes as if such seal had been affixed, and the deed shall be, and shall
since such date have been, notice to all persons as effectually as if such seal
had been affixed, provided that such acknowledgment was in other respects
sufficient.

HISTORY: 1924, p. 359; Michie Code 1942, § 5207a; Code 1950, § 55-123; 1964,
c. 57; 1976, c. 685; 1984, c. 35; 1989, c. 602; 1995, c. 48; 2019, c. 712.