Any restrictive covenant prohibited by subsection A of § 36-96.6 may be released by the owner of real property subject to such covenant by recording a Certificate of Release of Certain Prohibited Covenants. The real property owner may record such certificate (i) prior to recordation of a deed conveying real property to a purchaser or (ii) when such real property owner discovers that such prohibited covenant exists and chooses to affirmatively release the same. Such certificate may be prepared without assistance of an attorney, but shall conform substantially to the following Certificate of Release of Certain Prohibited Covenants form:\n'CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OF CERTAIN PROHIBITED COVENANTS\nPlace of Record: ________\nDate of Instrument containing prohibited covenant(s): ____\nInstrument Type: __________\nDeed Book ____ Page ___ or Plat Book ____ Page___\nName(s) of Grantor(s): ________\nName(s) of Current Owner(s): ________\nReal Property Description: ________\nBrief Description of Prohibited Covenant: ________\nThe covenant contained in the above-mentioned instrument is released from the above-described real property to the extent that it contains terms purporting to restrict Prohibited Covenant: ________\nThe covenant contained in the above-mentioned instrument is released from the above-described real property to the extent that it contains terms purporting to restrict the ownership or use of the property as prohibited by subsection A of § 36-96.6.\nThe undersigned is/are the legal owner(s) of the property described herein.\nGiven under my/our hand(s) this ____ day of ____ , 20__.\n________\n________\n(Current Owners)\nCommonwealth of Virginia,\nCounty/City of ______ to wit:\nSubscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by ______ this ____ day of ____, 20__.\nMy Commission Expires: ______\n________\nNOTARY PUBLIC\nNotary Registration Number: ______\nThe clerk shall satisfy the requirements of § 17.1-228.'\n2020, c. 748.
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