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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376107</law_id><section_number>64.2-2508</section_number><catch_line>Proceeds of insurance; bona fide payment by insurance company or obligor</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> Insurance proceeds payable to the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> as the beneficiary or assignee of any policy or certificate of insurance or <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or other contractual agreement on the life of the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> or as the survivor of a joint life policy shall be paid to the estate of the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span>, unless the policy or certificate designates some person as an alternative beneficiary to the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span>. <a id="paragraph-1404331" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2508/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> is the beneficiary or assignee of any policy or certificate of insurance on the life of the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span>, the proceeds shall be paid to the estate of the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> upon the death of the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span>, unless the policy names some person other than the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> or his estate as an alternative beneficiary, or unless the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span>, by naming a new beneficiary or by assigning the policy, performs an act that would have deprived the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> of his interest in the policy if he had been living. <a id="paragraph-1404332" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2508/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No insurance company shall be subject to liability on a policy insuring the life of the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span> if (i) as a part of the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span>&#x2019;s plan to <span class="dictionary">murder</span> the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span>, such policy was procured and maintained by the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> or as a result of actions taken or participated in by the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> whether directly or indirectly and (ii) the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span>&#x2019;s death resulted from the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span>&#x2019;s act committed within two years from the date such policy was issued by the insurance company. <a id="paragraph-1404333" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2508/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any insurer making payment according to the terms of its policy or <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or any bank or other person performing an obligation for the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> as one of several joint obligees shall not be subjected to additional liability by the terms of this section if such payment or performance is made without notice of circumstances bringing it within the provisions of this section. <a id="paragraph-1404334" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2508/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 469, &#xA7; 55-411; 2008, cc. 822, 830; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
