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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1990, chapter 831; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1472671,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369994,"identifier":"55.1-649","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/6\/55.1-649","url":"\/55.1-649\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-649\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/6\/55.1-649","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recordation of judgments affecting title to land","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-649","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The clerk of the court<\/span> of any county or city in which there is any partition<\/span> of land under any order<\/span>, or any recovery of land under judgment<\/span>, shall transmit to the clerk of the court<\/span> of each county or city in whose office deeds to such land or any part thereof are recorded a copy of such order<\/span> or judgment<\/span>, and of such partition<\/span> or assignment, and of the order<\/span> confirming the same, along with such description of the land as may appear in the papers of the cause. The clerk of the court<\/span> of such county or city shall record the same in his deed book and index it in the name of the person who had the land before and also in the name of the person who became entitled under such partition<\/span>, assignment, or recovery.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDATION OF JUDGMENTS AFFECTING TITLE TO LAND (\u00a7 55.1-649)\n\nThe clerk of the court of any county or city in which there is any partition of\nland under any order, or any recovery of land under judgment, shall transmit to\nthe clerk of the court of each county or city in whose office deeds to such land\nor any part thereof are recorded a copy of such order or judgment, and of such\npartition or assignment, and of the order confirming the same, along with such\ndescription of the land as may appear in the papers of the cause. The clerk of\nthe court of such county or city shall record the same in his deed book and\nindex it in the name of the person who had the land before and also in the name\nof the person who became entitled under such partition, assignment, or recovery.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5216; 1924, p. 454; 1946, p. 190; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-138;\n1990, c. 831; 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"}}