Chap. 400.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new
section to be numbered section 5216-b, relating to the recordation of judgments,
orders and decrees of United States courts affecting the title to, boundary
or possession of, or any interest in and to real estate situated within this
State. [S B 12]

Approved March 30, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the
Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a new section, to be

numbered section fifty-two hundred and sixteen-b, which new section
shall read as follows:

Section 5216-b. A copy of any judgment, order or decree of any
United States court, affecting the title to, boundary or possession of,
or any interest in and to, any real estate lying wholly or partly within
this State, when duly certified by the proper officer of any such court,
may be filed with the clerk of the court in whose office deeds are
recorded, of the county or city wherein the real estate so affected, or
any part thereof, is situated, and when so filed, shall be recorded by
such clerk in the current deed book in his office and indexed in the
names of the persons whose interests appear to be affected thereby,
upon the payment of the same fee prescribed by law to be paid for the
recordation of similar judgments, orders or decrees of State courts.