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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":1500725,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376347,"identifier":"64.2-618","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-618","url":"\/64.2-618\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-618\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-618","dublin_core":{"Title":"Nontestamentary transfer on death","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-618","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A transfer on death resulting from a registration in beneficiary form<\/span> is effective by reason of the contract<\/span> regarding the registration between the owner and the registering entity<\/span> and this article, and is not testamentary.<\/p>

This article does not limit the rights of creditors<\/span> of security<\/span> owners against beneficiaries and other transferees under other laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNONTESTAMENTARY TRANSFER ON DEATH (\u00a7 64.2-618)\n\nA transfer on death resulting from a registration in beneficiary form is\neffective by reason of the contract regarding the registration between the owner\nand the registering entity and this article, and is not testamentary.\n\nThis article does not limit the rights of creditors of security owners against\nbeneficiaries and other transferees under other laws of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 422, \u00a7 64.1-206.7; 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"}}