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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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0614\">614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1500115,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376205,"identifier":"64.2-323","token":"64.2\/II\/3\/3\/64.2-323","url":"\/64.2-323\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-323\/","token":"64.2\/II\/3\/3\/64.2-323","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitations on testamentary disposition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-323","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This article does not authorize a person to dispose of property by <span class=\"dictionary\">will<\/span> if it is held under limitations imposed by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> preventing testamentary <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span> by that person.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATIONS ON TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION (\u00a7 64.2-323)\n\nThis article does not authorize a person to dispose of property by will if it is\nheld under limitations imposed by law preventing testamentary disposition by\nthat person.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 456, \u00a7 64.1-205; 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"}}