Permissible form for certificate of satisfaction or certificate of partial satisfaction
Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-342
in effectAny release by a certificate of satisfaction or certificate of partial satisfaction shall be in conformity with §§ 55.1-339 , 55.1-340 , and 55.1-341 and shall conform substantially with the following Certificate of Satisfaction or Certificate of Partial Satisfaction forms:
CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTION
Place of Record ____________
Date of Note/Deed of Trust ____________
Face Amount Secured/Face Amount of Note: ____________
Deed Book ______ Page ____
Name(s) of Grantor(s)/Maker(s); ____________
Name(s) of Trustee(s) ____________
Face Amount of Note(s) $______
I/we, holder(s) of the above-mentioned note(s) secured by the above-mentioned deed of trust, do hereby certify that the same has/have been paid in full, and the lien therein created and retained is hereby released.
GIVEN UNDER MY/OUR HAND(S) THIS ______ DAY OF ________, 20__.
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________________
(NOTE HOLDERS)
Commonwealth of Virginia,
County/City of ____________ to wit:
Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by ____________ this ______ day of ______, 20__.
My Commission Expires: ____________
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NOTARY PUBLIC
Notary Registration Number: ____________
VIRGINIA;
IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
This certificate was presented, and with the Certificate annexed, admitted to record on ________ at ____ o'clock _.m.
Clerk's fees: $______ have been paid.
Attest: ________, Deputy Clerk
CERTIFICATE OF PARTIAL SATISFACTION
Place of Record ________________
Date of Deed of Trust _
Deed Book ______ Page ____
Name(s) of Grantor(s) ________________
Name(s) of Trustee(s) ________________
Maker(s) of Note(s) ________________
Date of Note(s) ________________
Face Amount of Note(s) $________
The lien of the above-mentioned deed of trust securing the above-mentioned note is released insofar as the same is applicable to ____________ (description of property) recorded in deed book ________ at page ____ in the clerk's office of this court. The undersigned is/are the legal holder(s) of the obligation, note, bond, or other evidence of debt secured by said deed of trust.
Given under my/our hand(s) this ________ day of ________, 20__.
________________
________________
(NOTE HOLDERS)
Commonwealth of Virginia,
County/City of ____________ to wit:
Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by ____________ this ________ day of ________, 20__.
My Commission Expires: ____________
________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
Notary Registration Number: ____________
The clerk shall satisfy the requirements of § 17.1-228 .
Certificates conforming to this section prior to the amendment effective July 1, 1984, shall be deemed to be in substantial conformity to this section.
1975, c. 469, § 55-66.4:1; 1977, c. 254; 1982, c. 420; 1983, c. 220; 1984, c. 376; 1990, c. 328; 1994, c. 929 ; 1995, c. 271 ; 1996, c. 949 ; 2014, c. 330 ; 2019, c. 712 .
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