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Virginia General Assembly · HB 163 · Acts of Assembly Chapter 364

Notarization, filing, & recordation of certain land records; duties of notary or settlement agent.

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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 17.1-258.3:1, 47.1-2, 47.1-5, 47.1-5.1, 47.1-8, 47.1-11, 47.1-14, and 55.1-903 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 47.1-5.2 and 47.1-8.1, relating to notarization, filing, and recordation of certain land records; Read the full text

2026 session

What it does

Notarization, filing, and recordation of certain land records; duties of notary or settlement agent; acknowledgement and satisfactory evidence of identity; requirements for commission or recommission of notary; clerk of circuit court to establish property alert notification system.   Adds a requirement that, within the six months immediately preceding the submission of his application, a person applying for commission to be a notary public or electronic notary public, or an existing notary
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Where it is

Introduced · Jan 6, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 364 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.

The numbers

1
sponsor on the bill

Sponsors

Marcus B. Simon

Recorded votes

Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-27 · P · Y 37, X 3
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · X 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-25 · P · Y 15
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-18 · P · Y 14, X 1
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 98, X 2
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-28 · P · Y 19, X 3
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-21 · P · Y 10
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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