{"law_id":"778561","section_number":"55-26.1","catch_line":"Validity","history":"1976, c. 546.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"Tauber v. Com.","case_number":"971155","citation":"499 S.E.2d 839","date":"1998-04-17","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1059897\/tauber-v-com\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. such gift, grant or will\" refers to Code \u00a7 55-26.1, which provides, \"Every gift ... made hereafter .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"SCV<\/abbr>"},"1":{"name":"HERMITAGE METH. HOMES v. Dominion Trust","case_number":"Record Nos. 881353, 881354, 881390","citation":"387 S.E.2d 740","date":"1990-01-12","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1261048\/hermitage-meth-homes-v-dominion-trust\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. the discriminatory provisions as present Code \u00a7 55-26.1. Acts 1976, ch. 546. .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"SCV<\/abbr>"},"2":{"name":"US on Behalf of US Coast Guard v. Cerio","case_number":"Civ. A. No. 93-42-A","citation":"831 F. Supp. 530","date":"1993-08-31","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1801887\/us-on-behalf-of-us-coast-guard-v-cerio\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. trust without a gift over. Under to Va.Code \u00a7 55-26.1, a valid \"charitable\" trust is created .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"District Court, E.D. Virginia"}},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/55-26.1\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/55-26.1\/","token":"55\/2\/55-26.1","structure":{"1":{"id":"3400","name":"Educational, Literary And Charitable Gifts, Devises, Etc.","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","url":"\/55\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"30","name":"Property And Conveyances","identifier":"55","label":"title","url":"\/55\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"778561","structure_id":"3400","full_text":"Every gift, grant, devise or bequest which, since April 2, 1839, has been or at any time hereafter shall be made for literary purposes or for education, and every gift, grant, devise or bequest made hereafter for charitable purposes, whether made in any case to a body corporate or unincorporated, or to a natural person, shall be as valid as if made to or for the benefit of a certain natural person, except such devises or bequests, if any, as have failed or become void by virtue of the seventh section of the Act of the General Assembly passed on April 2, 1839, entitled “an act concerning devises made to schools, academies, and colleges.” Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to give validity to any devise or bequest to or for the use of any unincorporated theological seminary. Every gift, grant, devise or bequest made for literary, educational or charitable purposes before April 6, 1976, is hereby validated.","text":{"0":{"id":"2511044","text":"Every gift, grant, devise or bequest which, since April 2, 1839, has been or at any time hereafter shall be made for literary purposes or for education, and every gift, grant, devise or bequest made hereafter for charitable purposes, whether made in any case to a body corporate or unincorporated, or to a natural person, shall be as valid as if made to or for the benefit of a certain natural person, except such devises or bequests, if any, as have failed or become void by virtue of the seventh section of the Act of the General Assembly passed on April 2, 1839, entitled “an act concerning devises made to schools, academies, and colleges.” Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to give validity to any devise or bequest to or for the use of any unincorporated theological seminary. Every gift, grant, devise or bequest made for literary, educational or charitable purposes before April 6, 1976, is hereby validated.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"3400","name":"Educational, Literary And Charitable Gifts, Devises, Etc.","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","url":"\/55\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"30","name":"Property And Conveyances","identifier":"55","label":"title","url":"\/55\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"777717","structure_id":"3400","section_number":"55-26","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/55-26\/","token":"55\/2\/55-26"},"1":{"id":"778561","structure_id":"3400","section_number":"55-26.1","catch_line":"Validity","url":"\/55-26.1\/","token":"55\/2\/55-26.1"},"2":{"id":"787539","structure_id":"3400","section_number":"55-27","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/55-27\/","token":"55\/2\/55-27"}},"previous_section":{"id":"777717","structure_id":"3400","section_number":"55-26","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/55-26\/","token":"55\/2\/55-26"},"next_section":{"id":"787539","structure_id":"3400","section_number":"55-27","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/55-27\/","token":"55\/2\/55-27"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/55-26.1.txt","json":"\/55-26.1.json","xml":"\/55-26.1.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Validity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55-26.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVALIDITY (\u00a7 55-26.1)\n\nEvery gift, grant, devise or bequest which, since April 2, 1839, has been or at\nany time hereafter shall be made for literary purposes or for education, and\nevery gift, grant, devise or bequest made hereafter for charitable purposes,\nwhether made in any case to a body corporate or unincorporated, or to a natural\nperson, shall be as valid as if made to or for the benefit of a certain natural\nperson, except such devises or bequests, if any, as have failed or become void\nby virtue of the seventh section of the Act of the General Assembly passed on\nApril 2, 1839, entitled “an act concerning devises made to schools,\nacademies, and colleges.” Nothing in this section shall be so construed as\nto give validity to any devise or bequest to or for the use of any\nunincorporated theological seminary. Every gift, grant, devise or bequest made\nfor literary, educational or charitable purposes before April 6, 1976, is hereby\nvalidated.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 546."}