§ 55.1-400 Void fraudulent acts; bona fide purchasers not affected
§ 55.1-401 Voluntary gifts, conveyances, assignments, transfers, or charges; void as to prior creditors
§ 55.1-402 Creditor’s action to avoid such gifts, conveyances, assignments, transfers, or charges
§ 55.1-403 Creditor’s action; attorney fees
§ 55.1-404 Authority of court to set aside
§ 55.1-405 Loans and reservations of a use or property to be recorded
§ 55.1-406 Certain recorded contracts as valid as deeds
§ 55.1-407 Contracts, etc., void as to creditors and purchasers until recorded; priority of credit line deed of trust
§ 55.1-408 Where to be recorded
§ 55.1-409 Recordation of instruments affecting civil aircraft of United States
§ 55.1-410 Priority of writings when admitted to record same day
§ 55.1-411 When writings to be recorded in county, and when in city
§ 55.1-412 Words “creditors” and “purchasers,” how construed
§ 55.1-413 Lien of subsequent purchaser for purchase money paid before notice
§ 55.1-414 When purchaser not affected by record of deed or contract
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 55.1 > Subtitle I > Chapter 4 - Fraudulent and Voluntary Conveyances; Writings Necessary to Be Recorded

  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • in writing: include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Chapter 42. See Virginia Code 1-257
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • 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
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255