                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ORDER MAY PROVIDE THAT FISCAL OFFICER MAY SIGN INSTRUMENT WITHOUT PERSONAL
LIABILITY (§ 57-15.1)

Any order entered pursuant to §§ 57-14 and 57-15 may provide that any
instrument evidencing a debt secured by a deed of trust or mortgage made in
behalf of a church diocese, congregation, church or religious denomination or
society or branch or division thereof, hereinafter referred to inclusively as
&#8220;church,&#8221; may be signed without personal liability by the treasurer
or other fiscal officer of such church and thereupon become the obligation
solely of the church named therein.
		To carry out any order entered pursuant to §§ 57-14 and 57-15, the judge may
appoint a special commissioner to convey or encumber any real estate held for
the benefit of any church in connection with any transaction involving any
conveyance or debt in the name of the church.
		Any such instrument when recorded shall be indexed in the name of the church
as grantor.

HISTORY: 1966, c. 149.