55-134.2 - Acknowledgments taken before a notary at large who failed to cite the jurisdiction in which the acknowledgment was taken; vested rights saved.

VIRGINIA STATUTES AND CODES

55-134.2 - Acknowledgments taken before a notary at large who failed to cite the jurisdiction in which the acknowledgment was taken; vested rights saved.

§ 55-134.2. Acknowledgments taken before a notary at large who failed to citethe jurisdiction in which the acknowledgment was taken; vested rights saved.

All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken andcertified prior to July 1, 1995, by a person who was appointed a notarypublic for the Commonwealth at large by the Governor, but who failed toinclude in such certificates of acknowledgment the city or county in whichthe notarial act was performed, shall be held, and the same are herebydeclared, valid and effective in all respects, if otherwise valid, and allsuch deeds and other writings which have been admitted to record in anyclerk's office in the Commonwealth upon such certificates shall be held to beduly and regularly recorded, if such recordation be otherwise valid accordingto law; however, nothing in this section shall be so construed as to affectany intervening vested rights.

(1984, c. 35; 1989, c. 602; 1995, c. 48.)