A. Any person may record in any clerk’s office in the Commonwealth where deeds are recorded a form of a deed of trust, hereinafter referred to as a “master deed.”

Terms Used In Virginia Code 17.1-259

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230

B. The master deed shall bear the caption “Master Deed of Trust,” and may contain any provisions not in conflict with law. The provisions shall be numbered or lettered, clearly distinguishable one from the other, and susceptible of exact reference.

1954, c. 8, §§ 17-83.2, 17-83.3; 1998, c. 872.