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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 518<\/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. 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 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502717,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376072,"identifier":"64.2-2118","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/4\/64.2-2118","url":"\/64.2-2118\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2118\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/4\/64.2-2118","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of registration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2118","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Upon registration of a guardianship or conservatorship order<\/span> from another state<\/span>, the guardian<\/span> or conservator<\/span> may exercise in the Commonwealth all powers authorized in the order of appointment except as prohibited under the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth, including maintaining actions and proceedings in the Commonwealth and, if the guardian<\/span> or conservator<\/span> is not a resident of the Commonwealth, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A court<\/span> of the Commonwealth may grant any relief available under this chapter and other laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth to enforce a registered order. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF REGISTRATION (\u00a7 64.2-2118)\n\nA. Upon registration of a guardianship or conservatorship order from another\nstate, the guardian or conservator may exercise in the Commonwealth all powers\nauthorized in the order of appointment except as prohibited under the laws of\nthe Commonwealth, including maintaining actions and proceedings in the\nCommonwealth and, if the guardian or conservator is not a resident of the\nCommonwealth, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties.\n\nB. A court of the Commonwealth may grant any relief available under this chapter\nand other laws of the Commonwealth to enforce a registered order.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 518, \u00a7 37.2-1050; 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"}}