55-101 - Priority of writings, when admitted to record same day. - Virginia Statutes

§ 55-101. Priority of writings, when admitted to record same day.

When two or more writings embracing the same property are admitted to recordin the same county or city on the same day and stamped with the identicaltime, if the previous sections do not provide for the case, the instrumentnumber shall determine the writing that was first admitted to record. Theinstrument which was first admitted to record shall have priority in respectto the property in such county or city.

(Code 1919, § 5198; 1987, c. 104.)