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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376345</law_id><section_number>64.2-616</section_number><catch_line>Ownership on death of owner</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-617</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="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><p>On death of a sole owner or the last to die of all multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in <span class="dictionary">beneficiary form</span> passes to any beneficiaries who survive all owners. On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the <span class="dictionary">registering entity</span>, a <span class="dictionary">security</span> registered in <span class="dictionary">beneficiary form</span> may be reregistered in the names of any beneficiaries who survived the death of all owners. Until division of the <span class="dictionary">security</span> after the death of all owners, multiple beneficiaries surviving the death of all owners hold their interests as tenants in common. If no beneficiary survives the death of all owners, the <span class="dictionary">security</span> belongs to the estate of the deceased sole owner or the estate of the last to die of all multiple owners.</p></section></text><history>1994, c. 422, &#xA7; 64.1-206.5; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
