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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":1500099,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376201,"identifier":"64.2-319","token":"64.2\/II\/3\/3\/64.2-319","url":"\/64.2-319\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-319\/","token":"64.2\/II\/3\/3\/64.2-319","dublin_core":{"Title":"Perfection of title of personal representative, heir or devisee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-319","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the title to any property to which this article applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent’s death, the personal representative<\/span> or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative<\/span> has no fiduciary<\/span> duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which this article applies, unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee, or creditor<\/span> of the decedent.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERFECTION OF TITLE OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, HEIR OR DEVISEE (\u00a7 64.2-319)\n\nIf the title to any property to which this article applies is held by the\nsurviving spouse at the time of the decedent’s death, the personal\nrepresentative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to\nperfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty\nto discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving\nspouse is property to which this article applies, unless a written demand is\nmade by an heir, devisee, or creditor of the decedent.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 456, \u00a7 64.1-201; 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"}}