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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":1500713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376344,"identifier":"64.2-615","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-615","url":"\/64.2-615\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-615\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-615","dublin_core":{"Title":"Form of registration in beneficiary form; effect","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-615","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Registration in beneficiary form<\/span> may be shown by the words “transfer on death” or the abbreviation “TOD,” or by the words “pay on death” or the abbreviation “POD,” after the name of the registered owner and before the name of the beneficiary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in beneficiary form<\/span> has no effect on ownership until the owner’s death. A registration of a security<\/span> in beneficiary form<\/span> may be canceled or changed at any time by the sole owner or all then surviving owners without the consent of the beneficiary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORM OF REGISTRATION IN BENEFICIARY FORM; EFFECT (\u00a7 64.2-615)\n\nA. Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words “transfer on\ndeath” or the abbreviation “TOD,” or by the words “pay\non death” or the abbreviation “POD,” after the name of the\nregistered owner and before the name of the beneficiary.\n\nB. The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in beneficiary form\nhas no effect on ownership until the owner’s death. A registration of a\nsecurity in beneficiary form may be canceled or changed at any time by the sole\nowner or all then surviving owners without the consent of the beneficiary.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 422, \u00a7 64.1-206.4; 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"}}