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§ 55-48. Form of a deed.

Every deed, corrected or amended deed, deed of release, or memorandum or addendum to any of these instruments, including those with vendor's liens, shall name in the first clause each grantor and each grantee under whose names the instrument is to be indexed as required by § 17.1-249 and may be made in the following form, or to the same effect: "This deed, made the . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . . . ., between (here insert names of parties as grantors or grantees), witnesseth: that in consideration of (here state the consideration), the said . . . . . . . . doth (or do) grant unto the said . . . . . . . ., all (here describe the property, including the name of the city or county in which the property is located, and insert covenants or any other provisions). Witness the following signature and seal (or signatures and seals)."

(Code 1919, § 5162; 1990, cc. 208, 374.)