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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346628</law_id><section_number>13.1-435</section_number><catch_line>Corporate securities registered in joint names with right of survivorship</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="44" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="7" identifier="4.2">Securities Registered in Joint Names</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever a <span class="dictionary">security</span> issued by a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth is registered in the names of two or more persons as joint tenants with right of survivorship or in the names of persons married to each other as tenants by the entireties with right of survivorship and one of such persons dies, such <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> and any <span class="dictionary">transfer agent</span> of such <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall, upon receipt of <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of death, be entitled to treat the survivor or survivors as the owner or owners of such <span class="dictionary">security</span> for all purposes and to cause such <span class="dictionary">security</span> to be registered in the name of such survivor or survivors regardless of any claim of right through the decedent or by his personal representative, unless such registration is enjoined prior to its effectuation by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>.</p></section></text><history>1960, c. 20; 2020, c. 900.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
