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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 768<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":376505,"section_number":"64.2-796","catch_line":"Limitation of action against trustee","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-796\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1501671,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376478,"identifier":"64.2-779.35","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.35","url":"\/64.2-779.35\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.35\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.35","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation of action against trust director","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.35","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> An action against a trust director<\/span> for breach of trust<\/span> must be commenced within the same limitation period as under § 64.2-796<\/a> for an action for breach of trust<\/span> against a trustee<\/span> in a like position and under similar circumstances. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A report or accounting has the same effect on the limitation period for an action against a trust director<\/span> for breach of trust<\/span> that the report or accounting would have under § 64.2-796<\/a> in an action for breach of trust<\/span> against a trustee<\/span> in a like position and under similar circumstances. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION OF ACTION AGAINST TRUST DIRECTOR (\u00a7 64.2-779.35)\n\nA. An action against a trust director for breach of trust must be commenced\nwithin the same limitation period as under § 64.2-796 for an action for\nbreach of trust against a trustee in a like position and under similar\ncircumstances.\n\nB. A report or accounting has the same effect on the limitation period for an\naction against a trust director for breach of trust that the report or\naccounting would have under § 64.2-796 in an action for breach of trust\nagainst a trustee in a like position and under similar circumstances.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 768.","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"}}