ENROLLED
H. B. 2628
(By Delegates Burk and Beane)
[Passed April 8, 1993; in effect from passage.]
AN ACT to amend article one, chapter thirty-nine of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
two-b, relating to the recordation of certified copies of
instruments previously recorded or filed in an office of the
clerk of the county commission of any other county within
the state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter thirty-nine of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section two-
b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. AUTHENTICATION AND RECORD OF WRITINGS.
§39-1-2b. Recordation of certified copies of certain
instruments.
Except as provided in this section, the clerk of the county
commission of any county shall admit to record in the office of
such clerk a copy of any contract, deed of trust, mortgage,
lease, memorandum of lease, release, assignment, power of
attorney or any other instrument or writing which has been
certified by the clerk of the county commission of any othercounty of this state as being a true and correct copy and
transcript from the records of said county. Any such
recordations prior to the effective date of this section shall
constitute notice with like effect as if such original instrument
had been recorded therein. This section does not apply to deeds,
wills or to any instrument filed in accordance with chapter
forty-six of this code.