HB 448 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Land records; certain financing statements, recording and indexing fees.

Summary
Land records; certain financing statements; recording and indexing fees. Sets forth the fees that a clerk of the circuit court shall charge for recording and indexing a multipurpose deed of trust or mortgage, described in the bill as a deed of trust or mortgage, whether or not commercial, that serves multiple purposes and contains two or more components that may serve as independent legal instruments for independent legal purposes. The bill provides that no clerk of a circuit court shall assess separate recording and indexing fees for such multipurpose deed of trust or mortgage unless the person presenting such document or instruments requests that such document or instruments be recorded and indexed in more than a single instance. The bill also provides that no recordation tax shall be required of a quitclaim deed or deed to correct a fraudulently recorded deed, including a deed of trust, between a grantor and grantee when no consideration has passed between the parties.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Feb 25, 2026
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2026

How they voted

860
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 88
Feb 10, 2026
D Democratic53
52 Yea 1
98% Yea
R Republican35
34 Yea 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Referred from General Laws and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Marcus Simon
Marcus Simon
DDemocratic
VA
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