2006 Code of Virginia § 33.1-122 - Recordation of certificates; transfer of title or interest; land situate in two or more counties o...

33.1-122. Recordation of certificates; transfer of title or interest; landsituate in two or more counties or cities.

The certificate of the Commissioner shall be recorded in the clerk's officeof the court where deeds are recorded. Upon such recordation, the interest orestate of the owner of such property shall terminate and the title to suchproperty or interest or estate of the owner shall be vested in theCommonwealth and such owner shall have such interest or estate in the fundsheld on deposit by virtue of the certificate as he had in the property takenor damaged, and all liens by deed of trust, judgment or otherwise upon suchproperty or estate or interest shall be transferred to such funds. The titlein the Commonwealth shall be defeasible until the reaching of an agreementbetween the Commissioner and such owner, as provided in 33.1-129, or thecompensation determined by condemnation proceedings as hereinafter provided.

If the land affected by the certificate aforesaid is situate in two or morecounties or cities, the clerk of the court wherein the certificate isrecorded shall certify a copy of such certificate to the clerk of the courtof the counties or cities in which any portion of the land lies, who shallrecord the same in his deed book and index it in the name of the person whohad the land before and also in the name of the Commonwealth.

(Code 1950, 33-70.4; 1958, c. 581; 1970, c. 322.)