Notarization, filing, & recordation of certain land records; duties of notary or settlement agent;.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
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 public
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 365 (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
2
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
T. Travis HackworthLuther Cifers, III
Recorded votes
House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-25 · P · Y 40
Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-23 · P · Y 97, X 2
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-18 · P · Y 22
Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-06 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-04 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 13, X 2
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-01-26 · P · Y 14, X 1
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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