Notwithstanding the provision of any other section of this title, or any other provision of law requiring documents to be recorded in the miscellaneous lien book or the deed books in the clerk’s office of any court, on and after July 1, 1964, all memoranda or notices of liens, in the discretion of the clerk, shall be recorded in the deed books in such clerk’s office, and shall be indexed in the general index of deeds, and such general index shall show the type of such lien.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 43-4.1

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

1960, c. 81; 1964, c. 338; 1968, c. 568; 1985, c. 392.