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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":1503035,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376146,"identifier":"64.2-2723","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/3\/64.2-2723","url":"\/64.2-2723\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2723\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/3\/64.2-2723","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised nongeneral power","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2723","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

To the extent that a powerholder<\/span> releases, ineffectively exercises, or fails to exercise a nongeneral power of appointment<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The gift-in-default<\/span> clause<\/span> controls the disposition<\/span> of the unappointed property; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> If there is no gift-in-default<\/span> clause<\/span> or to the extent that the clause is ineffective, the unappointed property:\n\t\t\ta. Passes to the permissible appointees<\/span> if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The permissible appointees<\/span> are defined and limited; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The terms of the instrument<\/span> creating the power do not manifest a contrary intent<\/span>; or\n\t\t\t\tb. If there is no taker under subdivision 2 a, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor<\/span> or the donor<\/span>’s transferee or successor in interest. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSITION OF UNAPPOINTED PROPERTY UNDER RELEASED OR UNEXERCISED NONGENERAL\nPOWER (\u00a7 64.2-2723)\n\nTo the extent that a powerholder releases, ineffectively exercises, or fails to\nexercise a nongeneral power of appointment:\n\n1. The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed\nproperty; or\n\n2. If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent that the clause is\nineffective, the unappointed property:\n\t\t\ta. Passes to the permissible appointees if:\n\n 1. The permissible appointees are defined and limited; and\n\n 2. The terms of the instrument creating the power do not manifest a contrary\n intent; or\n \t\t\t\tb. If there is no taker under subdivision 2 a, passes under a reversionary\n interest to the donor or the donor’s transferee or successor in\n interest.\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"}}