Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill
HB 448: Land records; certain financing statements, recording and indexing fees.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 448 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Land records; certain financing statements, recording and indexing fees. Primary sponsor: Marcus Simon (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 25, 2026): Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Simon | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 13 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Read second time and engrossed
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB448)
- Read first time
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
- Referred from General Laws and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
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