Property Rights of Married Persons

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This is Chapter 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Property Rights of Married Persons.” It is part of Subtitle I “Property Conveyances”, which is part of Title 55.1 “Property and Conveyances”. It contains 11 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 11 sections.

§ 55.1-200	How married persons may acquire and dispose of property
§ 55.1-201	Contracts of, and actions by and against, married persons
§ 55.1-202	Spouse not responsible for other spouse's contracts, etc.; mutual liability for necessaries; exception; responsibility of personal representative
§ 55.1-203	Spouse's right of entry into land not barred by certain judgments; when a spouse may defend his right in lands that are his inheritance
§ 55.1-204	Rights of spouse not affected by other spouse's acts only
§ 55.1-205	Conveyance from married persons; effect on right of either spouse
§ 55.1-206	How infant spouse may release interests in spouse's property
§ 55.1-207	Appointment of attorney-in-fact by married person; effect of writing executed by such attorney
§ 55.1-208	How estate of a married person to pass at death
§ 55.1-209	Equitable separate estates abolished
§ 55.1-210	Tangible personal property