CHAPTER 149

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
55-97.1, providing for the recording of certain writings affecting real
estate and the effect thereof.

[H 70]
Approved February 28, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
55-97.1, as follows:
§ 55-97.1. Upon the death intestate of a person owning real estate,
any person having an interest therein, including a personal representative
if a qualification be had, may execute an affidavit, on a form provided by
the clerk of the court, setting forth briefly (1) the real estate owned by
the decedent at the time of his death situated within the city or county
where such affidavit is to be recorded; (2) the intestacy and (3) the names
and last known addresses of the heirs at law. The clerk of the court of
the county or city in which deeds are admitted to record and in which
such real estate or any part thereof is located, shall, upon the payment
of the fees provided by law, record and index the same as wills are recorded
and indexed.

The clerk of the court of the county or city where such affidavit is
recorded shall transmit an abstract of said affidavit to the Commissioner
of the Revenue of said county or city as in the case of deeds conveying
real estate. Upon receipt thereof by said Commissioner, such real estate
may be transferred upon the land books and assessed in accordance
therewith.