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1996 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 17-79.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 17-79.3. Indexing by tax map reference number.
The Clerks of the Circuit Courts of Arlington, Chesterfield, Fairfax,
Fauquier, Loudoun, Montgomery, and Prince William and
Spotsylvania Counties and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church
and Virginia Beach may require that any deed or other instrument conveying or
relating to an interest in real property bear in the left margin of the first
page of the deed or other instrument the tax map reference number or numbers,
or the parcel identification number (PIN) or numbers, of the affected parcel or
parcels. Upon admitting the deed or other instrument to record, the clerk may,
in addition to any other indexing required by law, index the deed or other
instrument by the tax map reference number or numbers or by the parcel
identification number or numbers.