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1997 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2761
House Amendments in [ ] -- January 31, 1997
A BILL to amend and reenact § 17-79.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tax map number indexing in Wise County [ and the City of Norton ] .
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Patron-- Phillips
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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
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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, Prince William and, Spotsylvania and Wise Counties and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church [ , Norton ] 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.