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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 456 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. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1500095,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376200,"identifier":"64.2-318","token":"64.2\/II\/3\/3\/64.2-318","url":"\/64.2-318\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-318\/","token":"64.2\/II\/3\/3\/64.2-318","dublin_core":{"Title":"Perfection of title of surviving spouse","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-318","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the title to any property to which this article applies was held by the decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order<\/span> of the court<\/span> or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative<\/span> or the heirs or devisees of the decedent with the approval of the commissioner of accounts. Neither the personal representative<\/span> nor the court<\/span> in which the decedent’s estate is being administered has a duty to discover or attempt to discover whether property held by the decedent is property to which this article applies, unless a written demand is made by the surviving spouse or the spouse’s successor in interest.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERFECTION OF TITLE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE (\u00a7 64.2-318)\n\nIf the title to any property to which this article applies was held by the\ndecedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by\nan order of the court or by execution of an instrument by the personal\nrepresentative or the heirs or devisees of the decedent with the approval of the\ncommissioner of accounts. Neither the personal representative nor the court in\nwhich the decedent’s estate is being administered has a duty to discover\nor attempt to discover whether property held by the decedent is property to\nwhich this article applies, unless a written demand is made by the surviving\nspouse or the spouse’s successor in interest.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 456, \u00a7 64.1-200; 2012, c. 614.","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"}}