2006 Code of Virginia § 58.1-3303 - Clerks to forward copies of certain receipts and make certain reports regarding deeds and property ...

58.1-3303. Clerks to forward copies of certain receipts and make certainreports regarding deeds and property transfers to local commissioners andDepartment.

The clerk of every circuit court shall, before the fifteenth of each month,forward to the commissioner of revenue for his county or city and to theDepartment a copy of the recordation receipt for all deeds for the partitionand conveyance of land, other than deeds of trust and mortgages, made tosecure the payment of debts, which have been admitted to record in theclerk's office of such court within the month next preceding. In lieu of aprinted paper copy of the recordation receipt, the Department shall acceptthe monthly electronic transfer of the recordation receipt copy on magnetictape or other media acceptable to the Department. The receipt shall state thedate of the deed, when admitted to record, the name of the grantor andgrantee, the address of the grantee, given pursuant to 17.1-223, and thedescription, quantity and specified value of land conveyed. Such clerk shall,at the same time, forward to the commissioner and the Department a list ofall lands acquired in fee simple by the Commonwealth, through condemnationproceedings, and shall give the names of the persons from whom acquired, thedates of confirmation of the commissioners' reports in such proceedings, thequantity of land acquired in each case, the value thereof as specified in thereports and a description of each such tract.

The commissioner shall, upon receipt of any such receipt, promptly andcarefully check the same against the records in the office of the clerk whofurnished the same and, if he finds any errors in the receipt or list, heshall make proper correction thereof.

(Code 1950, 58-797; 1956, c. 34; 1962, c. 236; 1964, cc. 488, 644; 1972, c.648; 1974, cc. 338, 352; 1975, c. 223; 1979, c. 527; 1984, c. 675; 1990, c.46; 2006, c. 355.)