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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 253<\/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":1502919,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376119,"identifier":"64.2-2608","token":"64.2\/V\/26\/64.2-2608","url":"\/64.2-2608\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2608\/","token":"64.2\/V\/26\/64.2-2608","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclaimer by appointee, object, or taker in default of exercise of power of appointment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2608","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A disclaimer<\/span> of an interest in property by an appointee of a power of appointment takes effect as of the time the instrument by which the holder exercises the power becomes irrevocable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A disclaimer<\/span> of an interest in property by an object<\/span> or taker in default<\/span> of an exercise of a power of appointment takes effect as of the time the instrument creating the power becomes irrevocable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLAIMER BY APPOINTEE, OBJECT, OR TAKER IN DEFAULT OF EXERCISE OF POWER OF\nAPPOINTMENT (\u00a7 64.2-2608)\n\nA. A disclaimer of an interest in property by an appointee of a power of\nappointment takes effect as of the time the instrument by which the holder\nexercises the power becomes irrevocable.\n\nB. A disclaimer of an interest in property by an object or taker in default of\nan exercise of a power of appointment takes effect as of the time the instrument\ncreating the power becomes irrevocable.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 253, \u00a7 64.1-196.9; 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"}}