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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":1500705,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376342,"identifier":"64.2-613","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-613","url":"\/64.2-613\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-613\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-613","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration in beneficiary form; sole or joint tenancy ownership; applicable law","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-613","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Only individuals whose registration of a security<\/span> shows sole ownership by one individual or multiple ownership by two or more with right of survivorship, rather than as tenants in common, may obtain registration in beneficiary form<\/span>. Multiple owners of a security<\/span> registered in beneficiary form<\/span> hold as joint tenants with right of survivorship, as tenants by the entireties, or as owners of community property<\/span> held in survivorship form, and not as tenants in common. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A security<\/span> may be registered in beneficiary form<\/span> if the form is authorized by this article or a similar law<\/span> of the state of organization of the issuer or registering entity<\/span>, the location of the registering entity<\/span>’s principal office, the office of its transfer agent, or its office making the registration, or by a similar law<\/span> of the state listed as the owner’s address at the time of registration.\n\t\t\tA registration governed by the law<\/span> of a jurisdiction<\/span> in which this article or a similar law<\/span> is not in force or was not in force when a registration in beneficiary form<\/span> was made is nevertheless presumed to be valid and authorized as a matter of contract<\/span> law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION IN BENEFICIARY FORM; SOLE OR JOINT TENANCY OWNERSHIP; APPLICABLE\nLAW (\u00a7 64.2-613)\n\nA. Only individuals whose registration of a security shows sole ownership by one\nindividual or multiple ownership by two or more with right of survivorship,\nrather than as tenants in common, may obtain registration in beneficiary form.\nMultiple owners of a security registered in beneficiary form hold as joint\ntenants with right of survivorship, as tenants by the entireties, or as owners\nof community property held in survivorship form, and not as tenants in common.\n\nB. A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the form is authorized by\nthis article or a similar law of the state of organization of the issuer or\nregistering entity, the location of the registering entity’s principal\noffice, the office of its transfer agent, or its office making the registration,\nor by a similar law of the state listed as the owner’s address at the time\nof registration.\n\t\t\tA registration governed by the law of a jurisdiction in which this article or\na similar law is not in force or was not in force when a registration in\nbeneficiary form was made is nevertheless presumed to be valid and authorized as\na matter of contract law.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 422, \u00a7 64.1-206.2; 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"}}