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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376344</law_id><section_number>64.2-615</section_number><catch_line>Form of registration in beneficiary form; effect</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="5" identifier="6">Transfers Without Qualification</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Uniform Transfers on Death (Tod) Security Registration Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Registration in <span class="dictionary">beneficiary form</span> may be shown by the words &#x201C;transfer on death&#x201D; or the abbreviation &#x201C;TOD,&#x201D; or by the words &#x201C;pay on death&#x201D; or the abbreviation &#x201C;POD,&#x201D; after the name of the registered owner and before the name of the beneficiary. <a id="paragraph-1405078" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-615/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in <span class="dictionary">beneficiary form</span> has no effect on ownership until the owner&#x2019;s death. A registration of a <span class="dictionary">security</span> in <span class="dictionary">beneficiary form</span> may be canceled or changed at any time by the sole owner or all then surviving owners without the consent of the beneficiary. <a id="paragraph-1405079" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-615/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 422, &#xA7; 64.1-206.4; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
