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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":1503011,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376140,"identifier":"64.2-2717","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/3\/64.2-2717","url":"\/64.2-2717\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2717\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/3\/64.2-2717","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permissible appointment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2717","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A powerholder<\/span> of a general power of appointment<\/span> that permits appointment to the powerholder<\/span> or the powerholder<\/span>’s estate may make any appointment, including an appointment in trust or creating a new power of appointment<\/span>, that the powerholder<\/span> could make in disposing of the powerholder<\/span>’s own property. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A powerholder<\/span> of a general power of appointment<\/span> that permits appointment only to the creditors<\/span> of the powerholder<\/span> or of the powerholder<\/span>’s estate may appoint only to those creditors<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Unless the terms of the instrument<\/span> creating a power of appointment<\/span> manifest a contrary intent<\/span>, the powerholder<\/span> of a nongeneral power may: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Make an appointment in any form, including an appointment in trust, in favor of a permissible appointee<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Create a general power or a nongeneral power in a permissible appointee<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Create a nongeneral power in an impermissible appointee<\/span> to appoint to one or more of the permissible appointees<\/span> of the original nongeneral power. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMISSIBLE APPOINTMENT (\u00a7 64.2-2717)\n\nA. A powerholder of a general power of appointment that permits appointment to\nthe powerholder or the powerholder’s estate may make any appointment,\nincluding an appointment in trust or creating a new power of appointment, that\nthe powerholder could make in disposing of the powerholder’s own property.\n\nB. A powerholder of a general power of appointment that permits appointment only\nto the creditors of the powerholder or of the powerholder’s estate may\nappoint only to those creditors.\n\nC. Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a\ncontrary intent, the powerholder of a nongeneral power may:\n\n 1. Make an appointment in any form, including an appointment in trust, in\n favor of a permissible appointee;\n\n 2. Create a general power or a nongeneral power in a permissible appointee; or\n\n 3. Create a nongeneral power in an impermissible appointee to appoint to one\n or more of the permissible appointees of the original nongeneral 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"}}