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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376517</law_id><section_number>64.2-808</section_number><catch_line>Application to existing relationships</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="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="12" identifier="11">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as otherwise provided in this chapter: <a id="paragraph-1405924" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-808/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> This chapter applies to all trusts created before, on, or after July 1, 2006; <a id="paragraph-1405925" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-808/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> This chapter applies to all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after July 1, 2006; <a id="paragraph-1405926" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-808/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> This chapter applies to judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced before July 1, 2006, unless the <span class="dictionary">court</span> finds that application of a particular provision of this chapter would substantially interfere with the effective conduct of the judicial proceedings or prejudice the rights of the parties, in which case the particular provision of this chapter does not apply and the superseded <span class="dictionary">law</span> applies; <a id="paragraph-1405927" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-808/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Any rule of construction or <span class="dictionary">presumption</span> provided in this chapter applies to <span class="dictionary">trust instruments</span> executed before July 1, 2006, unless there is a clear indication of a contrary <span class="dictionary">intent</span> in the terms of the trust; and <a id="paragraph-1405928" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-808/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> An act done before July 1, 2006, is not affected by this chapter. <a id="paragraph-1405929" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-808/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period that has commenced to run under any other <span class="dictionary">statute</span> before July 1, 2006, that <span class="dictionary">statute</span> continues to apply to the right even if it has been repealed or superseded. <a id="paragraph-1405930" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-808/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-551.06; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
