When clerk may refuse document to be recorded

Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-604
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A clerk may refuse any document for recording in which the name of the person under which the document is to be indexed does not legibly appear or is not otherwise furnished. 1986, c. 277, § 55-106.5; 2019, c. 712 .
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