Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 55. Property and Conveyances |
CHAPTER 6. Recordation of Documents |
ARTICLE 6. Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act |
SECTION 55-142.1. Where notices and certificates affecting liens to be filed |
A. Notices of liens, certificates and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens shall be filed in accordance with this article. B. Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States, and certificates and notices affecting the liens, including certificates of redemption, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county or city in which the real property subject to the lien is situated. C. Notices of liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed as follows: 1. If the person against whose interest the lien applies is a corporation or a partnership whose principal executive office is in this Commonwealth, as these entities are defined in the internal revenue laws of the United States, in the office of the clerk of the State Corporation Commission. 2. In all other cases in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county or city (i) where the person against whose interest the lien applies resides or (ii) in the case of a trust or a decedent's estate, having jurisdiction over the qualification of the trustee or probate of the will, at the time of filing of the notice of lien. 1970, c. 76; 1986, c. 299; 1988, cc. 113, 388. |