55-131 - Acknowledgments taken by officer who was husband or wife of grantee. - Virginia Statutes

§ 55-131. Acknowledgments taken by officer who was husband or wife of grantee.

Any certificate of acknowledgment to a deed or other writings taken prior toJuly 1, 1995, by a notary public or other officer duly authorized to takeacknowledgments, who at the time of taking such acknowledgment was thehusband or wife of the grantee in the deed or other instrument, shall beheld, and the same is hereby declared, valid and effective in all respects,if otherwise valid according to the law then in force. All acknowledgments ofconveyances to a fiduciary taken before an officer, who is the husband orwife of the same and who has no beneficial or monetary interest other thanpossible commissions or legal fees shall be conclusively presumed valid.

(1926, p. 747; Michie Code 1942, § 5209g; 1952, c. 244; 1966, c. 137; 1972,c. 631; 1976, c. 685; 1984, c. 35; 1989, c. 602; 1995, c. 48.)