General Provisions and Definitions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions and Definitions.” It is part of Chapter 7 “Uniform Trust Code”, which is part of Subtitle III “Trusts”, which is part of Title 64.2 “Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries”. It contains 10 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 10 sections.

§ 64.2-700	Scope
§ 64.2-701	Definitions
§ 64.2-702	Knowledge
§ 64.2-703	Default and mandatory rules
§ 64.2-704	Common law of trusts; principles of equity
§ 64.2-705	Governing law
§ 64.2-706	Principal place of administration
§ 64.2-707	Methods and waiver of notice
§ 64.2-708	Others treated as qualified beneficiaries
§ 64.2-709	Nonjudicial settlement agreements