{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/64.2-2707.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/64.2-2707.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/64.2-2707.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/64.2-2707.html"}],"law_id":376130,"edition_id":2,"section_id":376130,"structure_id":53491,"section_number":"64.2-2707","catch_line":"Creation of power of appointment","history":"2016, c. 266.","full_text":"A\n\nA power of appointment is created only if:\n\n1\n\nThe instrument creating the power:\n\t\t\t\ta. Is valid under applicable law; and\n\n\t\t\t\tb. 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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 266<\/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":1502969,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376130,"identifier":"64.2-2707","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/2\/64.2-2707","url":"\/64.2-2707\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2707\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/2\/64.2-2707","dublin_core":{"Title":"Creation of power of appointment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2707","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A power of appointment<\/span> is created only if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The instrument<\/span> creating the power:\n\t\t\t\ta. Is valid under applicable law<\/span>; and

\t\t\t\tb. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, transfers the appointive property<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The terms of the instrument<\/span> creating the power manifest the donor<\/span>’s intent<\/span> to create in a powerholder<\/span> a power of appointment<\/span> over the appointive property<\/span> exercisable in favor of a permissible appointee<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Subdivision A 1 b does not apply to the creation of a power of appointment<\/span> by the exercise of a power of appointment<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A power of appointment<\/span> may not be created in a deceased individual. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Subject to an applicable rule against perpetuities, a power of appointment<\/span> may be created in an unborn or unascertained powerholder<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREATION OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT (\u00a7 64.2-2707)\n\nA. A power of appointment is created only if:\n\n 1. The instrument creating the power:\n \t\t\t\ta. Is valid under applicable law; and\t\t\t\tb. Except as otherwise provided\n in subsection B, transfers the appointive property; and\n\n 2. The terms of the instrument creating the power manifest the donor’s\n intent to create in a powerholder a power of appointment over the appointive\n property exercisable in favor of a permissible appointee.\n\nB. Subdivision A 1 b does not apply to the creation of a power of appointment by\nthe exercise of a power of appointment.\n\nC. A power of appointment may not be created in a deceased individual.\n\nD. Subject to an applicable rule against perpetuities, a power of appointment\nmay be created in an unborn or unascertained powerholder.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 266.","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"}}