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1998 SESSION

989064492
HOUSE BILL NO. 829
Offered January 26, 1998
A BILL to amend and reenact § 17-79.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the indexing of deeds by tax map reference number.
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Patron-- Woodrum
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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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, Henrico, Loudoun, Montgomery, Prince William, Roanoke, Spotsylvania and Wise Counties and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Norton, Roanoke 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.