Requisites and Execution

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Requisites and Execution.” It is part of Chapter 4 “Wills”, which is part of Subtitle II “Wills and Decedents' Estates”, which is part of Title 64.2 “Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries”. It contains 11 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 11 sections.

§ 64.2-400	Separate writing identifying recipients of tangible personal property; liability for distribution; action to recover property
§ 64.2-401	Who may make a will; what estate may be disposed of
§ 64.2-402	Advertisements to draw wills prohibited; penalty
§ 64.2-403	Execution of wills; requirements
§ 64.2-404	Writings intended as wills
§ 64.2-404.1	Reformation of will to correct mistakes or achieve decedent's tax objectives
§ 64.2-405	Interested persons as competent witnesses
§ 64.2-406	Repealed
§ 64.2-407	Will of personal estate of nonresidents
§ 64.2-408	Presumption of formal execution of wills made by persons in military service; will of personal estate of persons in military service and seamen
§ 64.2-409	Wills of living persons lodged for safekeeping with clerks of certain courts