13.1-945 - Property title records.
§ 13.1-945. Property title records.
A. Whenever the records in the office of the clerk of the Commission reflectthat a domestic or foreign corporation has changed or corrected its name,merged into a domestic or foreign limited liability company, corporation,business trust, limited partnership or partnership, converted into a domesticor foreign limited liability company, business trust, limited partnership orpartnership, or domesticated in or from another jurisdiction, the clerk ofthe Commission, upon request, shall issue a certificate reciting such change,correction, merger, conversion or domestication. The certificate may beadmitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227, of anyclerk's office within the jurisdiction of which any property of thecorporation is located in order to maintain the continuity of title records.The person filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of thecourt, but no tax shall be due thereon.
B. Whenever a foreign corporation has changed or corrected its name, mergedinto another business entity, converted into another type of business entity,or domesticated in another jurisdiction, and it cannot or chooses not toobtain a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion ordomestication from the clerk of the Commission pursuant to subsection A, asimilar certificate by any competent authority of the foreign corporation'sjurisdiction of incorporation may be admitted to record in the deed books, inaccordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk's office within the jurisdiction ofwhich any property of the corporation is located in order to maintain thecontinuity of title records. The person filing the certificate shall pay afee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due thereon.
(2007, c. 771.)