55-142.11 - Validity of electronically filed and recorded land records. - Virginia Statutes

§ 55-142.11. Validity of electronically filed and recorded land records.

A. If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a land recordsdocument be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be inwriting, an electronic land records document satisfying this Act satisfiesthe law.

B. If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a land recordsdocument be signed, an electronic signature satisfies the law.

C. A requirement that a land records document or a signature associated witha land records document be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, ormade under oath is satisfied if the electronic notarization of the personauthorized to perform that act, and all other information required to beincluded, is attached to or logically associated with the land recordsdocument or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression,or seal of the notary is not required to accompany an electronic signature.

(2006, c. 745.)