Va. Code § 55.1-607: When original of writing once recorded is lost, how copy recorded elsewhere

If it is proper for any writing that has been recorded in a court of any county or city to be recorded in the court of another county or city and such writing, before being so recorded in such other court, is lost or mislaid, on affidavit of this fact, such court or the clerk of such court may record a copy of such writing from the records of another court, certified by its clerk, and the copy so recorded shall have the same effect as if the original had been recorded at the time the copy was recorded.Code 1919, § 5212; Code 1950, § 55-109; 2019, c. 712.