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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376102</law_id><section_number>64.2-2503</section_number><catch_line>Concurrent ownership with or without 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="136" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="V">Provisions Applicable to Probate and Nonprobate Transfers</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="25">Acts Barring Property Rights</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The death of the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> caused by the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> results in the vesting of the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span>&#x2019;s interest in <span class="dictionary">property</span> held by the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> and the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> as tenants by the entirety or any other form of ownership with the right of survivorship in the estate of the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> as though the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> had predeceased the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span>. <a id="paragraph-1404323" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2503/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The death of the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> caused by the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> results in the severance of the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span>&#x2019;s interest in <span class="dictionary">property</span> held by the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> and the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> as joint tenants, joint owners, or joint obligees without the right of survivorship and the share of the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> passes as a part of his estate. <a id="paragraph-1404324" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2503/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 469, &#xA7;&#xA7; 55-405, 55-406; 1992, c. 521; 2008, cc. 822, 830; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
