CODE OF VIRGINIA CONTENT OF CERTIFICATES; RECORDATION OF CERTIFICATES (ยง 25.1-307) A. A certificate shall set forth the description of the property being taken or damaged, and the owner or owners, if known, of such property. B. The authorized condemnor shall record a certificate of take or a certificate of deposit in the clerk’s office of the court where deeds are recorded. The clerk shall record the certificate in the deed book and index it in the names of both (i) the person or persons who owned the land before the recordation of the certificate and (ii) the authorized condemnor. HISTORY: 2003, c. 940.