When the tax has been paid at the time of the recordation of the original deed, no additional recordation tax shall be required for admitting to record:

Terms Used In Virginia Code 58.1-810

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights and appurtenances thereto and interests therein, other than a chattel interest. See Virginia Code 1-219

1. A deed of confirmation;

2. A deed of correction;

3. A deed to which married individuals are the only parties;

4. A deed arising out of a contract to purchase real estate; if the tax already paid is less than a proper tax based upon the full amount of consideration or actual value of the property involved in the transaction, an additional tax shall be paid based on the difference between the full amount of such consideration or actual value and the amount on which the tax has been paid;

5. A notice of assignment of a note secured by a deed of trust or mortgage; or

6. A Certificate of Release of Certain Prohibited Covenants pursuant to § 55.1-300.1.

Code 1950, § 58-61; 1952, c. 461; 1964, cc. 19, 361; 1970, c. 420; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 60; 1972, c. 250; 1977, c. 418; 1979, cc. 559, 566; 1982, c. 651; 1984, c. 675; 2020, cc. 643, 748, 900.