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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>373704</law_id><section_number>6.2-1178</section_number><catch_line>Accounts held by various trustees for same beneficiary</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="10" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="11">Savings Institutions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="6" identifier="6">Accounts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever trust interests or <span class="dictionary">accounts</span> are created for the same beneficiary, and each interest or <span class="dictionary">account</span> is in the name of a separate and distinct trustee or combination of trustees, each trust interest or <span class="dictionary">account</span> shall constitute a separate, distinct, and valid trust <span class="dictionary">entity</span> for all purposes.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-201.22:1; 1966, cc. 219, 584, &#xA7; 6.1-149.1; 1972, c. 796, &#xA7; 6.1-195.24; 1985, c. 425, &#xA7; 6.1-194.61; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
