HB 414 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Land records; recording and indexing fees.

Summary
Land records; recording and indexing fees.Provides that no clerk of a circuit court shall assess separate recordingand indexing fees for one document that contains two or more instrumentsthat may serve independent legal purposes, including a record ofa mortgage as a financing statement, unless the person presentingsuch document or instruments requests that such document or instrumentsbe recorded and indexed in more than a single instance. The billalso provides that no recordation tax shall be required of a quitclaimdeed between a grantor and grantee when no consideration has passedbetween the parties, provided that such quitclaim deed shows on itsface that no consideration has passed.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024 Last action Feb 27, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2024

How they voted

970
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 98
Feb 1, 2024
D Democratic49
48 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican49
49 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Kelly Fowler
Kelly Fowler
DDemocratic
VA
96