CODE OF VIRGINIA

STANDARDS FOR WRITINGS TO BE DOCKETED OR RECORDED (§ 55-108)

Except as provided in Article 4.1 (§ 17.1-258.2 et seq.) of Title 17.1, all
writings which are to be recorded or docketed in the clerk’s office of
courts of record in the Commonwealth shall be an original or first generation
printed form, or legible copy thereof, pen and ink or typed ribbon copy, and
shall meet the standards for instruments as adopted under §§ 17.1-227 and
42.1-82 of the Virginia Public Records Act (§ 42.1-76 et seq.).If a writing
which does not conform to the requirements of this statute or the standards for
instruments adopted under §§ 17.1-227 and 42.1-82 of the Virginia Public
Records Act is accepted for recordation, it shall be deemed validly recorded and
the clerk shall have no liability for accepting such a writing which does not
meet the enumerated criteria in all the particulars.

HISTORY: 1924, p. 144; Michie Code 1942, § 5210a; 1983, c. 291; 1986, c. 346;
2005, c. 744.