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If a registration in beneficiary form is offered by a registering entity, the owner requesting registration in beneficiary form assents to the protection given to the registering entity by this article.\n\nB\n\nBy accepting a request for registration of a security in beneficiary form, the registering entity agrees that the registration will be implemented on death of the deceased owner as provided in this article.\n\nC\n\nA registering entity is discharged from all claims to a security by the estate, creditors, heirs, or devisees of a deceased owner if it registers a transfer of the security in accordance with § 64.2-616 and does so in good faith reliance (i) on the registration, (ii) on this article, and (iii) on information provided to it by affidavit of the personal representative of the deceased owner, or by the surviving beneficiary or by the surviving beneficiary’s representative, or on other information available to the registering entity. The protections of this article do not extend to a reregistration or payment made after a registering entity has received written notice from any claimant to any interest in the security objecting to implementation of a registration in beneficiary form. No other notice or other information available to the registering entity affects its right to protection under this article.\n\nD\n\nThe protection provided by this article to the registering entity of a security does not affect the rights of beneficiaries in disputes between themselves and other claimants to ownership of the security transferred or its value or proceeds.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1405081,"text":"A registering entity is not required to offer or to accept a request for security registration in beneficiary form. 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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":[{"id":376345,"section_number":"64.2-616","catch_line":"Ownership on death of owner","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-616\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1500721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376346,"identifier":"64.2-617","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-617","url":"\/64.2-617\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-617\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-617","dublin_core":{"Title":"Protection of registering entity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-617","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A registering entity<\/span> is not required to offer or to accept a request for security<\/span> registration in beneficiary form<\/span>. If a registration in beneficiary form<\/span> is offered by a registering entity<\/span>, the owner requesting registration in beneficiary form<\/span> assents to the protection given to the registering entity<\/span> by this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> By accepting a request for registration of a security<\/span> in beneficiary form<\/span>, the registering entity<\/span> agrees that the registration will<\/span> be implemented on death of the deceased owner as provided in this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A registering entity<\/span> is discharged from all claims to a security<\/span> by the estate, creditors<\/span>, heirs<\/span>, or devisees<\/span> of a deceased owner if it registers a transfer of the security<\/span> in accordance with § 64.2-616<\/a> and does so in good faith reliance (i) on the registration, (ii) on this article, and (iii) on information provided to it by affidavit<\/span> of the personal representative<\/span> of the deceased owner, or by the surviving beneficiary or by the surviving beneficiary’s representative, or on other information available to the registering entity<\/span>. The protections of this article do not extend to a reregistration or payment made after a registering entity<\/span> has received written notice from any claimant to any interest in the security<\/span> objecting to implementation of a registration in beneficiary form<\/span>. No other notice or other information available to the registering entity<\/span> affects its right to protection under this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The protection provided by this article to the registering entity<\/span> of a security<\/span> does not affect the rights of beneficiaries in disputes between themselves and other claimants to ownership of the security<\/span> transferred or its value<\/span> or proceeds. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROTECTION OF REGISTERING ENTITY (\u00a7 64.2-617)\n\nA. A registering entity is not required to offer or to accept a request for\nsecurity registration in beneficiary form. If a registration in beneficiary form\nis offered by a registering entity, the owner requesting registration in\nbeneficiary form assents to the protection given to the registering entity by\nthis article.\n\nB. By accepting a request for registration of a security in beneficiary form,\nthe registering entity agrees that the registration will be implemented on death\nof the deceased owner as provided in this article.\n\nC. A registering entity is discharged from all claims to a security by the\nestate, creditors, heirs, or devisees of a deceased owner if it registers a\ntransfer of the security in accordance with § 64.2-616 and does so in good\nfaith reliance (i) on the registration, (ii) on this article, and (iii) on\ninformation provided to it by affidavit of the personal representative of the\ndeceased owner, or by the surviving beneficiary or by the surviving\nbeneficiary’s representative, or on other information available to the\nregistering entity. The protections of this article do not extend to a\nreregistration or payment made after a registering entity has received written\nnotice from any claimant to any interest in the security objecting to\nimplementation of a registration in beneficiary form. No other notice or other\ninformation available to the registering entity affects its right to protection\nunder this article.\n\nD. The protection provided by this article to the registering entity of a\nsecurity does not affect the rights of beneficiaries in disputes between\nthemselves and other claimants to ownership of the security transferred or its\nvalue or proceeds.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 422, \u00a7 64.1-206.6; 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"}}