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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1472629,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369984,"identifier":"55.1-639","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/5\/55.1-639","url":"\/55.1-639\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-639\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/5\/55.1-639","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acknowledgments before officer of city or county consolidating, etc., prior to expiration date of commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-639","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken and certified by a notary public or other officer originally duly authorized to take acknowledgments in any city or county that consolidated with other political subdivisions or became a city, as the case may be, prior to the normal expiration date of the commission of such notary public or other officer are hereby declared to be valid to the same extent they would have been valid as if such notary public or other officer had been commissioned for such consolidated political subdivision or city to which any such county was transformed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS BEFORE OFFICER OF CITY OR COUNTY CONSOLIDATING, ETC., PRIOR TO\nEXPIRATION DATE OF COMMISSION (\u00a7 55.1-639)\n\nAll certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken and\ncertified by a notary public or other officer originally duly authorized to take\nacknowledgments in any city or county that consolidated with other political\nsubdivisions or became a city, as the case may be, prior to the normal\nexpiration date of the commission of such notary public or other officer are\nhereby declared to be valid to the same extent they would have been valid as if\nsuch notary public or other officer had been commissioned for such consolidated\npolitical subdivision or city to which any such county was transformed.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, Ex. Sess., c. 14, \u00a7 55-132.1; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}