13.1-781 - Property title records. - Virginia Statutes

§ 13.1-781. Property title records.

A. Whenever the records in the office of the clerk of the Commission reflectthat a domestic or foreign corporation has changed or corrected its name,merged into a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity, convertedinto a domestic or foreign eligible entity, or domesticated in or fromanother jurisdiction, the clerk of the Commission, upon request, shall issuea certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion ordomestication. The certificate may be admitted to record in the deed books,in accordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk's office within the jurisdictionof which any property of the corporation is located in order to maintain thecontinuity of title records. The person filing the certificate shall pay afee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due thereon.

B. Whenever a foreign corporation has changed or corrected its name, mergedinto another business entity, converted into another type of business entity,or domesticated in another jurisdiction, and it cannot or chooses not toobtain a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion ordomestication from the clerk of the Commission pursuant to subsection A, asimilar certificate by any competent authority of the foreign corporation'sjurisdiction of incorporation may be admitted to record in the deed books, inaccordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk's office within the jurisdiction ofwhich any property of the corporation is located in order to maintain thecontinuity of title records. The person filing the certificate shall pay afee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due thereon.

(2007, c. 771.)