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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376116</law_id><section_number>64.2-2605</section_number><catch_line>Disclaimer of rights of survivorship in jointly held property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-2604</reference><reference>64.2-416</reference></referred_to_by><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="5" identifier="26">Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Upon the death of a holder of <span class="dictionary">jointly held property</span>, a surviving holder may disclaim, in whole or in part, the greater of (i) a fractional share of the property determined by dividing the number one by the number of joint holders alive immediately before the death of the holder to whose death the <span class="dictionary">disclaimer</span> relates or (ii) all of the property except that part of the <span class="dictionary">value</span> of the entire interest attributable to the contribution furnished by the <span class="dictionary">disclaimant</span>. <a id="paragraph-1404365" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2605/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">disclaimer</span> under subsection A takes effect as of the death of the holder of <span class="dictionary">jointly held property</span> to whose death the <span class="dictionary">disclaimer</span> relates. <a id="paragraph-1404366" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2605/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> An interest in <span class="dictionary">jointly held property</span> disclaimed by a surviving holder of the property passes as if the <span class="dictionary">disclaimant</span> predeceased the holder to whose death the <span class="dictionary">disclaimer</span> relates. <a id="paragraph-1404367" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2605/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 253, &#xA7; 64.1-196.6; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
