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2011 SESSION
11102999DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 55-58.2 and 55-66.01 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 55-58.2. Credit line deed of trust defined; relative priority of credit line deed of trust and other instruments of judgment.
1. For the purpose of this title, the term "credit line deed of trust" is any deed of trust, mortgage, bond or other instrument, entered into after July 1, 1982, in which title to real property located in this Commonwealth is conveyed, transferred, encumbered or pledged to secure payment of money including advances to be made in the future by the noteholder named in the credit line deed of trust.
2. A credit line deed of trust shall set forth on the front page thereof, either in capital letters or in language underscored, the words "THIS IS A CREDIT LINE DEED OF TRUST." Such phrase shall convey notice to all parties that the noteholder named therein and the grantors and other borrowers identified therein have an agreement whereby the noteholder may make or contemplates making advances from time to time against the security described in the deed of trust. Such deed of trust shall specify therein the maximum aggregate amount of principal to be secured at any one time.
3. From the date of the recording of a credit line deed of trust, the lien thereof shall have priority (i) as to all other deeds, conveyances, or other instruments, or contracts in writing, which are unrecorded as of such date and of which the noteholder has no knowledge or notice and (ii) as to judgment liens subsequently docketed, except as provided in subsection 4 of this section. Such priority shall extend to any advances made following the recordation of the credit line deed of trust. Amounts outstanding, together with interest thereon, and other items provided by § 55-59, shall continue to have priority until paid or curtailed. Mechanics' liens created under Title 43 shall continue to enjoy the same priority as created by that title. Purchase money security interests in goods and fixtures shall have the same priority as provided in §§ 8.9A-317 et seq.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 1, 2 and 3 of this section, if a judgment creditor gives notice to the noteholder of record at the address indicated in the credit line deed of trust, such credit line deed of trust shall have no priority as to such judgment for any advances or extensions of credit made under such deed of trust from the day following receipt of that notice except those which have been unconditionally and irrevocably committed prior to such date.
5. In addition to the language specified in subsection 1 of
this section, the credit line deed of trust shall set forth the name of the
noteholder secured and the address at which communications may be mailed or
delivered to him. Such name or address may be changed or modified by duly
recorded instrument executed by the noteholder only. If the note or
indebtedness secured by the credit line deed of trust is assigned or transferred,
the name and address of the new noteholder may shall be set forth in the
certificate of transfer assignment provided by §
55-66.01. Such original name or address, or if changed, such changed name or
address, shall be the address for delivery of notices contemplated by this
section. Receipt of notice at such address shall be deemed receipt by the
noteholder.
6. [Repealed.]
7. The grantor may require, at any time, a modification under the credit line deed of trust, whereby any priority over subsequently recorded deeds of trust is surrendered as to future advances, which advances are in the discretion of the party secured by the credit line deed of trust.
8. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 1, 2 and 3 of this section, if a deed of trust under this section is a subordinate mortgage, as defined in § 55-58.3, upon the recording of a refinance mortgage, as defined in § 55-58.3, the credit line deed of trust shall retain the same subordinate position with respect to the refinance mortgage as it had with the prior mortgage, as defined in subsection A of § 55-58.3, provided that the refinance mortgage complies with the requirements of § 55-58.3.
§ 55-66.01. Duty of assignee of debt secured by real estate to record certificate of assignment; form.
Whenever Effective July 1, 2011, whenever
a debt or other obligation, or partial
interest therein, that is
secured by a deed of trust, mortgage or vendor's lien on real estate has been is
assigned, the assignor or the
assignee, at its option, may of the debt or other
obligation shall cause the
instrument a certificate
of assignment to be recorded in the clerk's office of the circuit court where
such deed of trust, mortgage or vendor's lien is recorded provided such instrument is otherwise in recordable form, or may cause a
certificate of transfer signed by the assignor to be recorded in such clerk's
office, and such instrument of assignment or. The certificate of transfer assignment, upon recordation, shall operate as a notice of
such assignment. The instrument of
assignment or certificate of transfer assignment
shall be indexed in the name of the assignor,
the name of the assignee, and in the names of the obligor
or maker, and the trustees, as applicable, all of whose names shall be set
forth in such instrument or the certificate. The person filing the certificate of assignment
shall pay the fee prescribed by subdivision A 2 of § 17.1-275 to the clerk of
the court, but no tax shall be due thereon. The certificate
of transfer assignment shall conform substantially to the following:
CERTIFICATE OFTRANSFERASSIGNMENT
Place of Record: Clerk's Office of the Circuit
Court of the ............ of
............, Virginia
Date of [Deed of Trust/
Mortgage/Vendor's Lien]: ................,
Deed Book
........, Page ........
Name of Obligor or Maker: ..........................................
Names(s) of Trustee(s)
[if a Deed of Trust]: ..........................................
..........................................
Name of Original
Payee or Obligee: ..........................................
Original Amount Secured
[if applicable]:
$ ................................................................
The undersigned, theoriginal payee or obligee [or the subsequentassignee]
of the obligation secured by the above-mentioned [Deed of Trust/Mortgage/
Vendor's Lien], hereby certifies that the obligations secured thereby have
been assigned to the undersigned by: ....................................................
.....................................................................
[If a partial interest in the obligation secured thereby is assigned to the undersigned, a description of the interest so assigned, and the names and addresses of the holders of the other interests in the obligation secured thereby, are as follows: ...............................................
................................................... ........ ...........
[If a credit line deed of trust, the name and address to which notice may
be mailed or delivered to the Noteholder as provided by § 55-58.2 is as
follows:
.......................................................................
......................................................................]
Given under [my/our] hand(s) as of the ................................
day of ................, ..........
.......................................
(AssignorAssignee)
.................. of .............
County/City of ...................., to wit:
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by ....................
this .................... day of ............ 20..........
My Commission Expires: ............
.........................................
Notary Public
B. For
purposes of this statute section, the word
"assigned" shall include endorsed, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise
transferred. Nothing in this statute section shall be deemed to
invalidate any other form or notice of assignment that may have been heretofore
recorded. Nothing in this statute shall imply that
recordation
C. Effective
July 1, 2011, recordation of the instrument certificate
of assignment or a certificate of
transfer as required by
subsection A is
necessary in order to transfer to an assignee the benefit of the security
provided by the deed of trust, mortgage or vendor's lien.