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The terms and conditions so established may provide for proving death, avoiding or resolving any problems concerning fractional shares, designating primary and contingent beneficiaries, and substituting a named beneficiary’s descendants to take in the place of the named beneficiary in the event of the beneficiary’s death.\n\t\t\tSubstitution may be indicated by appending to the name of the primary beneficiary the letters LDPS, standing for “lineal descendants per stirpes.” This designation substitutes a deceased beneficiary’s descendants who survive the owner for a beneficiary who fails to so survive, the descendants to be identified and to share in accordance with the law of the beneficiary’s domicile at the owner’s death governing inheritance by descendants of an intestate. Other forms of identifying beneficiaries who are to take on one or more contingencies, and rules for providing proofs and assurances needed to satisfy reasonable concerns by registering entities regarding conditions and identities relevant to accurate implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, may be contained in a registering entity’s terms and conditions.\n\nB\n\nThe following are illustrations of registrations in beneficiary form which a registering entity may authorize:\n\n1\n\nSole owner-sole beneficiary: John S. Brown TOD (or POD) John S. Brown, Jr.\n\n2\n\nMultiple owners-sole beneficiary: John S. Brown Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown, Jr.\n\n3\n\nMultiple owners-primary and secondary (substituted) beneficiaries: John S. Brown Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown, Jr. SUB BENE Peter Q. Brown or John S. Brown Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. 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The terms and conditions so established may provide for proving death, avoiding or resolving any problems concerning fractional shares, designating primary and contingent beneficiaries, and substituting a named beneficiary’s descendants to take in the place of the named beneficiary in the event of the beneficiary’s death.\n\t\t\tSubstitution may be indicated by appending to the name of the primary beneficiary the letters LDPS, standing for “lineal descendants per stirpes.” This designation substitutes a deceased beneficiary’s descendants who survive the owner for a beneficiary who fails to so survive, the descendants to be identified and to share in accordance with the law of the beneficiary’s domicile at the owner’s death governing inheritance by descendants of an intestate. Other forms of identifying beneficiaries who are to take on one or more contingencies, and rules for providing proofs and assurances needed to satisfy reasonable concerns by registering entities regarding conditions and identities relevant to accurate implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, may be contained in a registering entity’s terms and conditions.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1405088,"text":"The following are illustrations of registrations in beneficiary form which a registering entity may authorize:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"B1"},"2":{"id":1405089,"text":"Sole owner-sole beneficiary: John S. Brown TOD (or POD) John S. 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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":1500729,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376348,"identifier":"64.2-619","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-619","url":"\/64.2-619\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-619\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/3\/64.2-619","dublin_core":{"Title":"Terms, conditions, and forms for registration; examples","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-619","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A registering entity<\/span> offering to accept registrations in beneficiary form<\/span> may establish the terms and conditions under which it will<\/span> receive requests (i) for registrations in beneficiary form<\/span> and (ii) for implementation of registrations in beneficiary form<\/span>, including requests for cancellation of previously registered TOD beneficiary designations and requests for reregistration to effect a change of beneficiary. The terms and conditions so established may provide for proving death, avoiding or resolving any problems concerning fractional shares, designating primary and contingent beneficiaries, and substituting a named beneficiary’s descendants to take in the place of the named beneficiary in the event of the beneficiary’s death.\n\t\t\tSubstitution may be indicated by appending to the name of the primary beneficiary the letters LDPS, standing for “lineal descendants per stirpes.” This designation substitutes a deceased beneficiary’s descendants who survive the owner for a beneficiary who fails to so survive, the descendants to be identified and to share in accordance with the law<\/span> of the beneficiary’s domicile at the owner’s death governing inheritance by descendants of an intestate. Other forms of identifying beneficiaries who are to take on one or more contingencies, and rules for providing proofs and assurances needed to satisfy reasonable concerns by registering entities regarding conditions and identities relevant to accurate implementation of registrations in beneficiary form<\/span>, may be contained in a registering entity<\/span>’s terms and conditions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The following are illustrations of registrations in beneficiary form<\/span> which a registering entity<\/span> may authorize: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Sole owner-sole beneficiary: John S. Brown TOD (or POD) John S. Brown, Jr. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Multiple owners-sole beneficiary: John S. Brown Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown, Jr. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Multiple owners-primary and secondary (substituted) beneficiaries: John S. Brown Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown, Jr. SUB BENE Peter Q. Brown or John S. Brown Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown, Jr. LDPS. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTERMS, CONDITIONS, AND FORMS FOR REGISTRATION; EXAMPLES (\u00a7 64.2-619)\n\nA. A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary form may\nestablish the terms and conditions under which it will receive requests (i) for\nregistrations in beneficiary form and (ii) for implementation of registrations\nin beneficiary form, including requests for cancellation of previously\nregistered TOD beneficiary designations and requests for reregistration to\neffect a change of beneficiary. The terms and conditions so established may\nprovide for proving death, avoiding or resolving any problems concerning\nfractional shares, designating primary and contingent beneficiaries, and\nsubstituting a named beneficiary’s descendants to take in the place of the\nnamed beneficiary in the event of the beneficiary’s death.\n\t\t\tSubstitution may be indicated by appending to the name of the primary\nbeneficiary the letters LDPS, standing for “lineal descendants per\nstirpes.” This designation substitutes a deceased beneficiary’s\ndescendants who survive the owner for a beneficiary who fails to so survive, the\ndescendants to be identified and to share in accordance with the law of the\nbeneficiary’s domicile at the owner’s death governing inheritance by\ndescendants of an intestate. Other forms of identifying beneficiaries who are to\ntake on one or more contingencies, and rules for providing proofs and assurances\nneeded to satisfy reasonable concerns by registering entities regarding\nconditions and identities relevant to accurate implementation of registrations\nin beneficiary form, may be contained in a registering entity’s terms and\nconditions.\n\nB. The following are illustrations of registrations in beneficiary form which a\nregistering entity may authorize:\n\n 1. Sole owner-sole beneficiary: John S. Brown TOD (or POD) John S. Brown, Jr.\n\n 2. Multiple owners-sole beneficiary: John S. Brown Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD\n John S. Brown, Jr.\n\n 3. Multiple owners-primary and secondary (substituted) beneficiaries: John S.\n Brown Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown, Jr. SUB BENE Peter Q. Brown or\n John S. Brown Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown, Jr. LDPS.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 422, \u00a7 64.1-206.8; 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"}}