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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376106</law_id><section_number>64.2-2507</section_number><catch_line>Powers of appointment</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 <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> shall be deemed to have predeceased the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> as to any exercise in the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">will</span> of a power of appointment in favor of the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> and the appointment shall be deemed to have lapsed. <a id="paragraph-1404329" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2507/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> <span class="dictionary">Property</span> held either presently or in remainder by the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> subject to be divested by the exercise by the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> of a power of <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> or a general power of appointment shall pass to the estate of the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span>. <span class="dictionary">Property</span> held by the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> subject to be divested by the exercise by the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> of a power of appointment to a particular person or persons or to a class of persons shall pass to such person or persons or in equal shares to the members of such class of persons, exclusive of the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span>. <a id="paragraph-1404330" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2507/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 469, &#xA7; 55-410; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
