# Virginia SB715: Land records; certain financing statements, recording and indexing fees.

Virginia SB715, Land records; certain financing statements, recording and indexing fees., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by R. Creigh Deeds (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB715-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB715
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Land records; certain financing statements, recording and indexing fees.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: R. Creigh Deeds (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## 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 overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: R. Creigh Deeds (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (5)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Presented and ordered printed 26101348D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231281.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231280.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231281.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231280.PDF)

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- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB715-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).