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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376071</law_id><section_number>64.2-2117</section_number><catch_line>Registration of conservatorship orders</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="136" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Fiduciaries and Guardians</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="D">Guardianship of Incapacitated Persons</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="21">Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="4" identifier="4">Registration and Recognition of Orders From Other States</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If a <span class="dictionary">conservator</span> has been appointed in another <span class="dictionary">state</span> and a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> for a <span class="dictionary">conservatorship order</span> is not pending in the Commonwealth, the <span class="dictionary">conservator</span> appointed in the other <span class="dictionary">state</span>, after giving notice to the appointing <span class="dictionary">court</span> of an <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to register, may register the <span class="dictionary">conservatorship order</span> in the Commonwealth by filing as a foreign <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> in a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the Commonwealth, in any county or city in which property belonging to the <span class="dictionary">protected person</span> is located, certified copies of the order and letters of office and of any <span class="dictionary">bond</span>.</p></section></text><history>2011, c. 518, &#xA7; 37.2-1049; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
