55-106 - When and where writings admitted to record. - Virginia Statutes

§ 55-106. When and where writings admitted to record.

Except when it is otherwise provided, the circuit court of any county orcity, or the clerk of any such court, or his duly qualified deputy, in hisoffice, shall admit to record any such writing as to any person whose name issigned thereto with an original signature, except as provided in § 55-113,when it shall have been acknowledged by him, or proved by two witnesses as tohim in such court, or before such clerk, or his duly qualified deputy, in hisoffice, or the manner prescribed in Articles 2 (§ 55-113 et seq.), 2.1 (§55-118.1 et seq.), and 3 (§ 55-119 et seq.) of this chapter. When suchwriting is signed by a person acting on behalf of another, or in anyrepresentative capacity, the signature of such representative may beacknowledged or proved in the same manner.

(Code 1919, § 5204; 1972, c. 130; 1994, c. 554.)