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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 935<\/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":1501445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376430,"identifier":"64.2-760","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/7\/64.2-760","url":"\/64.2-760\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-760\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/7\/64.2-760","dublin_core":{"Title":"Delivery of property by former trustee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-760","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Unless a cotrustee remains in office or the court<\/span> otherwise orders<\/span>, and until the trust property<\/span> is delivered to a successor trustee<\/span> or other person<\/span> entitled to it, a trustee<\/span> who has resigned or been removed has the duties of a trustee<\/span> and the powers necessary to protect the trust property<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A trustee<\/span> who has resigned or been removed shall proceed expeditiously to deliver the trust property<\/span> within the trustee<\/span>’s possession<\/span> to the cotrustee, successor trustee<\/span>, or other person<\/span> entitled to it. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Title to all trust property<\/span> shall be owned and vested in any successor trustee<\/span>, upon acceptance of the trusteeship, without any conveyance, transfer, or assignment by the prior trustee<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDELIVERY OF PROPERTY BY FORMER TRUSTEE (\u00a7 64.2-760)\n\nA. Unless a cotrustee remains in office or the court otherwise orders, and until\nthe trust property is delivered to a successor trustee or other person entitled\nto it, a trustee who has resigned or been removed has the duties of a trustee\nand the powers necessary to protect the trust property.\n\nB. A trustee who has resigned or been removed shall proceed expeditiously to\ndeliver the trust property within the trustee’s possession to the\ncotrustee, successor trustee, or other person entitled to it.\n\nC. Title to all trust property shall be owned and vested in any successor\ntrustee, upon acceptance of the trusteeship, without any conveyance, transfer,\nor assignment by the prior trustee.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 935, \u00a7 55-547.07; 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"}}