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2022 SESSION

22100624D
SENATE BILL NO. 19
Offered January 12, 2022
Prefiled December 21, 2021
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55.1-604.1, relating to gifts of real estate; requirements.
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Patrons-- Cosgrove and Spruill
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Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 55.1-604.1 as follows:

§ 55.1-604.1. Deed of gift; recordation; requirements.

No clerk shall record a deed of gift conveying real estate unless such deed is accompanied by a certified copy of the existing deed showing the name of the current owner of the real estate subject to the deed of gift.