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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376140</law_id><section_number>64.2-2717</section_number><catch_line>Permissible 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="6" identifier="27">Uniform Powers of Appointment Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Exercise of Power of Appointment</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span> of a <span class="dictionary">general power of appointment</span> that permits appointment to the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span> or the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span>&#x2019;s estate may make any appointment, including an appointment in trust or creating a new <span class="dictionary">power of appointment</span>, that the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span> could make in disposing of the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span>&#x2019;s own property. <a id="paragraph-1404446" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2717/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span> of a <span class="dictionary">general power of appointment</span> that permits appointment only to the <span class="dictionary">creditors</span> of the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span> or of the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span>&#x2019;s estate may appoint only to those <span class="dictionary">creditors</span>. <a id="paragraph-1404447" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2717/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Unless the <span class="dictionary">terms of the instrument</span> creating a <span class="dictionary">power of appointment</span> manifest a contrary <span class="dictionary">intent</span>, the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span> of a nongeneral power may: <a id="paragraph-1404448" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2717/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Make an appointment in any form, including an appointment in trust, in favor of a <span class="dictionary">permissible appointee</span>; <a id="paragraph-1404449" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2717/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Create a general power or a nongeneral power in a <span class="dictionary">permissible appointee</span>; or <a id="paragraph-1404450" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2717/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Create a nongeneral power in an <span class="dictionary">impermissible appointee</span> to appoint to one or more of the <span class="dictionary">permissible appointees</span> of the original nongeneral power. <a id="paragraph-1404451" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2717/#C3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, c. 266.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
