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This law was first created in 1960. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 20 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2020, chapter 900<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1376793,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346628,"identifier":"13.1-435","token":"13.1\/4.2\/13.1-435","url":"\/13.1-435\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-435\/","token":"13.1\/4.2\/13.1-435","dublin_core":{"Title":"Corporate securities registered in joint names with right of survivorship","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-435","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever a security<\/span> issued by a corporation<\/span> organized under the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth is registered in the names of two or more persons as joint tenants with right of survivorship or in the names of persons married to each other as tenants by the entireties with right of survivorship and one of such persons dies, such corporation<\/span> and any transfer agent<\/span> of such corporation<\/span> shall, upon receipt of evidence<\/span> of death, be entitled to treat the survivor or survivors as the owner or owners of such security<\/span> for all purposes and to cause such security<\/span> to be registered in the name of such survivor or survivors regardless of any claim of right through the decedent or by his personal representative, unless such registration is enjoined prior to its effectuation by a court<\/span> of competent jurisdiction<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCORPORATE SECURITIES REGISTERED IN JOINT NAMES WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP (\u00a7\n13.1-435)\n\nWhenever a security issued by a corporation organized under the laws of the\nCommonwealth is registered in the names of two or more persons as joint tenants\nwith right of survivorship or in the names of persons married to each other as\ntenants by the entireties with right of survivorship and one of such persons\ndies, such corporation and any transfer agent of such corporation shall, upon\nreceipt of evidence of death, be entitled to treat the survivor or survivors as\nthe owner or owners of such security for all purposes and to cause such security\nto be registered in the name of such survivor or survivors regardless of any\nclaim of right through the decedent or by his personal representative, unless\nsuch registration is enjoined prior to its effectuation by a court of competent\njurisdiction.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 20; 2020, c. 900.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}