2010 Code of Virginia
Title 55 - PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCES.
Chapter 5 - Fraudulent and Voluntary Conveyances, Bulk and Conditional Sales, etc.; Writings Necessary to Be Re... (55-80 thru 55-105)
55-101 - Priority of writings, when admitted to record same day.
§ 55-101. Priority of writings, when admitted to record same day.
When two or more writings embracing the same property are admitted to record in the same county or city on the same day and stamped with the identical time, if the previous sections do not provide for the case, the instrument number shall determine the writing that was first admitted to record. The instrument which was first admitted to record shall have priority in respect to the property in such county or city.
(Code 1919, § 5198; 1987, c. 104.)
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