15.2-1803 - Approval and acceptance of conveyances of real estate. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-1803. Approval and acceptance of conveyances of real estate.

Every deed purporting to convey real estate to a locality shall be in a formapproved by the attorney for the locality, or if there is no such attorney,then a qualified attorney-at-law selected by the governing body. No such deedshall be valid unless accepted by the locality, which acceptance shall appearon the face thereof or on a separately recorded instrument and shall beexecuted by a person authorized to act on behalf of the locality. Theprovisions of this section shall not apply to any conveyance of real estateto any locality under the provisions of Article 6 (§ 15.2-2240 et seq.) ofChapter 22 or prior to December 1, 1997.

(Code 1950, § 15-709.1; 1958, c. 360; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-286; 1968, c. 416;1977, c. 584; 1980, c. 215; 1984, c. 87; 1997, c. 587.)