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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 656; in 1992, chapters 617 and 647; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":352974,"section_number":"2.2-3706.1","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Disclosure of law-enforcement records; criminal incident information and certain criminal investigative files; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3706.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1499791,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375761,"identifier":"64.2-100","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/1\/64.2-100","url":"\/64.2-100\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-100\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/1\/64.2-100","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-100","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires:<\/p>

“Bona fide purchaser<\/span>” means a purchaser of property for value<\/span> who has acted in the transaction in good faith. Notice of a seller’s marital status, or notice of the existence of a premarital or marital agreement, does not affect the status of a bona fide purchaser<\/span>. A “purchaser” is one who acquires property by sale, lease, discount, negotiation, mortgage, pledge, or lien<\/span> or who otherwise deals with property in a voluntary transaction, other than a gift. A purchaser gives “value<\/span>” for property acquired in return for a binding commitment to extend credit to the transferor or another as security for or in total or partial satisfaction of a pre-existing claim, or in return for any other consideration sufficient to support a simple contract<\/span>.<\/p>

“Fiduciary<\/span>” includes a guardian, committee, trustee<\/span>, executor, conservator, or personal representative<\/span>.<\/p>

“Personal representative<\/span>” includes the executor under a will<\/span> or the administrator of the estate of a decedent, the administrator of such estate with the will<\/span> annexed, the administrator of such estate unadministered by a former representative, whether there is a will<\/span> or not, any person who is under the order<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> to take into his possession<\/span> the estate of a decedent for administration, and every other curator of a decedent’s estate, for or against whom suits may be brought for causes of action that accrued to or against the decedent.<\/p>

“Trustee<\/span>” means a trustee<\/span> under a probated will<\/span> or an inter vivos trust instrument.<\/p>

“Will<\/span>” includes any testament, codicil, exercise of a power of appointment by will<\/span> or by a writing in the nature of a will<\/span>, or any other testamentary disposition<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 64.2-100)\n\nAs used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n“Bona fide purchaser” means a purchaser of property for value who\nhas acted in the transaction in good faith. Notice of a seller’s marital\nstatus, or notice of the existence of a premarital or marital agreement, does\nnot affect the status of a bona fide purchaser. A “purchaser” is one\nwho acquires property by sale, lease, discount, negotiation, mortgage, pledge,\nor lien or who otherwise deals with property in a voluntary transaction, other\nthan a gift. A purchaser gives “value” for property acquired in\nreturn for a binding commitment to extend credit to the transferor or another as\nsecurity for or in total or partial satisfaction of a pre-existing claim, or in\nreturn for any other consideration sufficient to support a simple contract.\n\n“Fiduciary” includes a guardian, committee, trustee, executor,\nconservator, or personal representative.\n\n“Personal representative” includes the executor under a will or the\nadministrator of the estate of a decedent, the administrator of such estate with\nthe will annexed, the administrator of such estate unadministered by a former\nrepresentative, whether there is a will or not, any person who is under the\norder of a circuit court to take into his possession the estate of a decedent\nfor administration, and every other curator of a decedent’s estate, for or\nagainst whom suits may be brought for causes of action that accrued to or\nagainst the decedent.\n\n“Trustee” means a trustee under a probated will or an inter vivos\ntrust instrument.\n\n“Will” includes any testament, codicil, exercise of a power of\nappointment by will or by a writing in the nature of a will, or any other\ntestamentary disposition.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-47; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-45; 1992, cc. 617, 647, \u00a7\n64.1-01; 2012, c. 614.","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"}}