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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376202</law_id><section_number>64.2-320</section_number><catch_line>Purchaser for value or lender</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="2" identifier="II">Wills and Decedents' Estates</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="3">Rights of Married Persons</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="5" identifier="3">Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this article applies, a <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> for <span class="dictionary">value</span> or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> or an heir or devisee of the decedent. <a id="paragraph-1404647" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-320/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> or an heir or devisee of the decedent has apparent title to property to which this article applies, a <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> for <span class="dictionary">value</span> or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the surviving spouse. <a id="paragraph-1404648" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-320/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> for <span class="dictionary">value</span> or a lender need not inquire whether a vendor or borrower acted properly. <a id="paragraph-1404649" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-320/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The proceeds of a sale or creation of a security interest shall be treated in the same manner as the property transferred to the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> for <span class="dictionary">value</span> or a lender. <a id="paragraph-1404650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-320/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 456, &#xA7; 64.1-202; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
