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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 422<\/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. 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":1500701,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376341,"identifier":"64.2-612","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-612","url":"\/64.2-612\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-612\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-612","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-612","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:<\/p>

“Beneficiary form<\/span>” means a registration of a security<\/span> that indicates the present owner of the security<\/span> and the intention of the owner regarding the person who will<\/span> become the owner of the security<\/span> upon the death of the owner.<\/p>

“Devisee<\/span>” means any person designated in a will<\/span> to receive a disposition<\/span> of real or personal property<\/span>.<\/p>

“Heirs<\/span>” means those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are entitled under the laws<\/span> of intestate succession to the property<\/span> of a decedent.<\/p>

“Personal representative<\/span>” includes an executor, administrator, successor, personal representative<\/span>, special administrator, and a person who performs substantially the same function under the law<\/span> governing his status.<\/p>

“Property<\/span>” includes both real and personal property<\/span> or any interest therein and means anything that may be the subject of ownership.<\/p>

“Register,” including its derivatives, means to issue<\/span> a certificate showing the ownership of a certificated security<\/span> or, in the case of an uncertificated security<\/span>, to initiate or transfer an account showing ownership of securities.<\/p>

“Registering entity<\/span>” means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration, and includes a broker maintaining security accounts<\/span> for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities.<\/p>

“Security” means a share, participation, or other interest in property<\/span>, in a business, or in an obligation of an enterprise or other issuer, and includes a certificated security, an uncertificated security, and a security account<\/span>.<\/p>

“Security account<\/span>” means (i) a reinvestment account associated with a security, a securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, interest, earnings, or dividends earned or declared on a security in an account, a reinvestment account, or a brokerage account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner’s death, or (ii) a cash balance or other property<\/span> held for or due to the owner of a security as a replacement for or product of an account security, whether or not credited to the account before the owner’s death.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 64.2-612)\n\nIn this article, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n“Beneficiary form” means a registration of a security that indicates\nthe present owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the\nperson who will become the owner of the security upon the death of the owner.\n\n“Devisee” means any person designated in a will to receive a\ndisposition of real or personal property.\n\n“Heirs” means those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are\nentitled under the laws of intestate succession to the property of a decedent.\n\n“Personal representative” includes an executor, administrator,\nsuccessor, personal representative, special administrator, and a person who\nperforms substantially the same function under the law governing his status.\n\n“Property” includes both real and personal property or any interest\ntherein and means anything that may be the subject of ownership.\n\n“Register,” including its derivatives, means to issue a certificate\nshowing the ownership of a certificated security or, in the case of an\nuncertificated security, to initiate or transfer an account showing ownership of\nsecurities.\n\n“Registering entity” means a person who originates or transfers a\nsecurity title by registration, and includes a broker maintaining security\naccounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an\nissuer of securities.\n\n“Security” means a share, participation, or other interest in\nproperty, in a business, or in an obligation of an enterprise or other issuer,\nand includes a certificated security, an uncertificated security, and a security\naccount.\n\n“Security account” means (i) a reinvestment account associated with\na security, a securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage\naccount, cash, interest, earnings, or dividends earned or declared on a security\nin an account, a reinvestment account, or a brokerage account, whether or not\ncredited to the account before the owner’s death, or (ii) a cash balance\nor other property held for or due to the owner of a security as a replacement\nfor or product of an account security, whether or not credited to the account\nbefore the owner’s death.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 422, \u00a7 64.1-206.1; 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"}}