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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":376159,"section_number":"64.2-2736","catch_line":"Creditor claim; general power not created by powerholder","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2736\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":369920,"section_number":"55.1-400","catch_line":"Void fraudulent acts; bona fide purchasers not affected","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1503099,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376161,"identifier":"64.2-2738","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/5\/64.2-2738","url":"\/64.2-2738\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2738\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/5\/64.2-2738","dublin_core":{"Title":"Creditor claim; nongeneral power","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2738","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subsections B and C, appointive property<\/span> subject to a nongeneral power of appointment<\/span> is exempt from a claim of a creditor<\/span> of the powerholder<\/span> or the powerholder<\/span>’s estate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Appointive property<\/span> subject to a nongeneral power of appointment<\/span> is subject to a claim of a creditor<\/span> of the powerholder<\/span> or the powerholder<\/span>’s estate to the extent that the powerholder<\/span> owned the property and, reserving the nongeneral power, transferred the property in violation of Chapter 4 (§ 55.1-400<\/a> et seq.) of Title 55.1. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If the initial gift in default<\/span> of appointment is to the powerholder<\/span> or the powerholder<\/span>’s estate, a nongeneral power of appointment<\/span> is treated for purposes of this article as a general power. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREDITOR CLAIM; NONGENERAL POWER (\u00a7 64.2-2738)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in subsections B and C, appointive property\nsubject to a nongeneral power of appointment is exempt from a claim of a\ncreditor of the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate.\n\nB. Appointive property subject to a nongeneral power of appointment is subject\nto a claim of a creditor of the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate to\nthe extent that the powerholder owned the property and, reserving the nongeneral\npower, transferred the property in violation of Chapter 4 (§ 55.1-400 et\nseq.) of Title 55.1.\n\nC. If the initial gift in default of appointment is to the powerholder or the\npowerholder’s estate, a nongeneral power of appointment is treated for\npurposes of this article as a general 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"}}