Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 55.1-350 - Form and effect of satisfactionA. A document is sufficient to constitute a satisfaction of a security instrument if it conforms substantially in form and content to the requirements of § 55.1-342 and it:1. Identifies the security instrument, the original parties to the security instrument, the recording data for the security instrument, and the office in which the security instrument is recorded;2. States that the person signing the satisfaction is the secured creditor;3. Contains a legal description of the real property identified in the security instrument, but only if a legal description is necessary for a satisfaction to be properly indexed; otherwise, the deed book and page number or instrument number is sufficient;4. Contains language terminating the effectiveness of the security instrument; and5. Is signed by the secured creditor and acknowledged as required by law for a conveyance of an interest in real property.B. The clerk of the circuit court shall accept for recording a satisfaction document, unless: 1. An amount equal to or greater than the applicable recording fees and taxes is not tendered;2. The document is submitted by a method or in a medium not authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth; or3. The document is not signed by the secured creditor and acknowledged as required by law for a conveyance of an interest in real property.2006, c. 907, § 55-66.12; 2019, c. 712.Added by Acts 2019 c. 712, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.