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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":[{"id":376132,"section_number":"64.2-2709","catch_line":"Presumption of unlimited authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2709\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376133,"identifier":"64.2-2710","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/2\/64.2-2710","url":"\/64.2-2710\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2710\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/2\/64.2-2710","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exception to presumption of unlimited authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2710","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless the terms of the instrument<\/span> creating a power of appointment<\/span> manifest a contrary intent<\/span>, the power is nongeneral if:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The power is exercisable only at the powerholder<\/span>’s death; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The permissible appointees<\/span> of the power do not include the powerholder<\/span>’s estate, the powerholder<\/span>’s creditors<\/span>, or the creditors<\/span> of the powerholder<\/span>’s estate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCEPTION TO PRESUMPTION OF UNLIMITED AUTHORITY (\u00a7 64.2-2710)\n\nUnless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a\ncontrary intent, the power is nongeneral if:\n\n1. The power is exercisable only at the powerholder’s death; and\n\n2. The permissible appointees of the power do not include the\npowerholder’s estate, the powerholder’s creditors, or the creditors\nof the powerholder’s estate.\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"}}