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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 33<\/a> and 80<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1499849,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375837,"identifier":"64.2-117","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-117","url":"\/64.2-117\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-117\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-117","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-117","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> This article applies to: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A fiduciary<\/span> acting under a will<\/span> or power of attorney<\/span> executed before, on, or after July 1, 2017; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A personal representative<\/span> acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after July 1, 2017; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> A conservatorship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> A guardianship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> A trustee<\/span> acting under a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2017. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> This article applies to a custodian<\/span> if the user<\/span> resides in the Commonwealth or resided in the Commonwealth at the time of the user<\/span>’s death. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> This article does not apply to a digital asset<\/span> of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer’s business. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY (\u00a7 64.2-117)\n\nA. This article applies to:\n\n 1. A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on,\n or after July 1, 2017;\n\n 2. A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or\n after July 1, 2017;\n\n 3. A conservatorship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017;\n\n 4. A guardianship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017; and\n\n 5. A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2017.\n\nB. This article applies to a custodian if the user resides in the Commonwealth\nor resided in the Commonwealth at the time of the user’s death.\n\nC. This article does not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an\nemployee in the ordinary course of the employer’s business.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, cc. 33, 80.","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"}}