Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 55.1. Property and Conveyances |
SUBTITLE I. Property Conveyances |
CHAPTER 3. Form and Effect of Deeds and Covenants; Liens |
ARTICLE 2. Form and Effect of Deeds of Trust; Sales thereunder; Assignments; Releases |
SECTION 55.1-338. Release to person dead inures to successors |
A release of a deed of trust or a conveyance of the property embraced in such deed of trust may in all cases be made to the original grantor, whether living or dead, and any release or reconveyance so made shall inure both in law and in equity to the successors in title of such grantor. Code 1919, § 6456; 1926, p. 82; 1930, p. 71; 1932, p. 121; 1944, p. 199; Code 1950, § 55-66.2; 2019, c. 712 . |