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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376406</law_id><section_number>64.2-738</section_number><catch_line>Prohibitions as to trust that is deemed a split-interest trust</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-739</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="3" identifier="III">Trusts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Uniform Trust Code</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="4">Creation, Validity, Modification, and Termination of Trust</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every trust that is a split-interest trust, as described in &#xA7;&#xA0;4947(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, unless its governing instrument expressly includes specific provisions to the contrary, shall not engage in any act of self-dealing, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;4941(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, retain any excess business holdings, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;4943(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, that would give rise to liability for the tax imposed by &#xA7;&#xA0;4943(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, make any investments in such manner as to give rise to liability for the tax imposed by &#xA7;&#xA0;4944 of the Internal Revenue Code, or make any taxable expenditures, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;4945(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. This section shall not apply with respect to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any amounts payable under the terms of such trust to income beneficiaries, unless a deduction was allowed under &#xA7; 170(f)(2)(B), 2055(e)(2)(B), or 2522(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code; <a id="paragraph-1405335" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-738/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any amounts in trust other than amounts for which a deduction was allowed under &#xA7; 170, 545(b)(2), 556(b)(2), 642(c), 2055, 2106(a)(2), or 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code, if such other amounts are segregated from amounts for which no deduction was allowable; or <a id="paragraph-1405336" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-738/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any amounts transferred in trust before May 27, 1969. <a id="paragraph-1405337" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-738/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-544.20; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
