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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0266\">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":[{"id":376139,"section_number":"64.2-2716","catch_line":"Substantial compliance with donor-imposed formal requirement","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2716\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1502995,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376136,"identifier":"64.2-2713","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/3\/64.2-2713","url":"\/64.2-2713\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2713\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/3\/64.2-2713","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requisites for exercise of power of appointment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2713","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">power of appointment<\/span> is exercised only:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> If the <span class=\"dictionary\">instrument<\/span> exercising the power is valid under applicable <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1404431\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-2713\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> If the <span class=\"dictionary\">terms of the instrument<\/span> exercising the power:\n\t\t\ta. Manifest the <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span>&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to exercise the power; and<br \/><br \/>\t\t\tb. Subject to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Substantial compliance with donor-imposed formal requirement\" href=\"\/64.2-2716\/\">64.2-2716<\/a>, satisfy the requirements of exercise, if any, imposed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">donor<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-1404432\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-2713\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> To the extent that the appointment is a permissible exercise of the power. <a id=\"paragraph-1404433\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-2713\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUISITES FOR EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT (\u00a7 64.2-2713)\n\nA power of appointment is exercised only:\n\n1. If the instrument exercising the power is valid under applicable law;\n\n2. If the terms of the instrument exercising the power:\n\t\t\ta. Manifest the powerholder&#8217;s intent to exercise the power; and\t\t\tb.\nSubject to &#xA7; 64.2-2716, satisfy the requirements of exercise, if any,\nimposed by the donor; and\n\n3. To the extent that the appointment is a permissible exercise of the power.\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"}}