Validating Certain Acts, Deeds, and Acknowledgments

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This is Article 5 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Validating Certain Acts, Deeds, and Acknowledgments.” It is part of Chapter 6 “Recordation of Documents”, which is part of Subtitle II “Real Estate Settlements and Recordation”, which is part of Title 55.1 “Property and Conveyances”.

It’s comprised of the following 22 sections.

§ 55.1-627	Acts of notaries public, etc., who have held certain other offices
§ 55.1-628	Validation of acknowledgments when seal not affixed
§ 55.1-629	Acknowledgment taken by trustee in deed of trust
§ 55.1-630	Acknowledgment taken by trustee in deed of trust; later date
§ 55.1-631	Certain acknowledgments taken and certified before July 1, 1995
§ 55.1-632	Acknowledgments taken by certain justices of the peace, mayors, etc
§ 55.1-633	Acknowledgments taken by officers after expiration of terms
§ 55.1-634	Acknowledgments taken by notaries in service during World War I
§ 55.1-635	Acknowledgments before foreign officials who failed to affix seals
§ 55.1-636	Acknowledgments taken by notaries in foreign countries
§ 55.1-637	Acknowledgments taken by officer who was spouse of grantee
§ 55.1-638	Acknowledgment when notary certifies erroneously as to expiration of commission
§ 55.1-639	Acknowledgments before officer of city or county consolidating, etc., prior to expiration date of commission
§ 55.1-640	Acknowledgments taken before notary whose commission has expired
§ 55.1-641	Acknowledgments taken before notary whose commission has expired; later date; intervening vested rights saved
§ 55.1-642	Acknowledgments taken before notary who was appointed but failed to qualify; vested rights saved
§ 55.1-643	Acknowledgments taken before a notary at large who failed to cite the jurisdiction in which the acknowledgment was taken; vested rights saved
§ 55.1-644	Deeds defectively executed by corporation
§ 55.1-645	Deeds to which corporate seal not affixed or not attested
§ 55.1-646	Acknowledgments of corporations taken by officers or stockholders
§ 55.1-647	Recordation certificate not signed by clerk
§ 55.1-648	Recordation certificate not signed by clerk; when clerk has died