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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 518<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502709,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376070,"identifier":"64.2-2116","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/4\/64.2-2116","url":"\/64.2-2116\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2116\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/4\/64.2-2116","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration of guardianship orders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2116","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a guardian<\/span> has been appointed in another state<\/span> and a petition<\/span> for the appointment of a guardian<\/span> is not pending in the Commonwealth, the guardian<\/span> appointed in the other state<\/span>, after giving notice to the appointing court<\/span> of an intent<\/span> to register, may register the guardianship order<\/span> in the Commonwealth by filing as a foreign judgment<\/span> in a court<\/span>, in any appropriate county or city of the Commonwealth, certified copies of the order and letters of office.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION OF GUARDIANSHIP ORDERS (\u00a7 64.2-2116)\n\nIf a guardian has been appointed in another state and a petition for the\nappointment of a guardian is not pending in the Commonwealth, the guardian\nappointed in the other state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an\nintent to register, may register the guardianship order in the Commonwealth by\nfiling as a foreign judgment in a court, in any appropriate county or city of\nthe Commonwealth, certified copies of the order and letters of office.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 518, \u00a7 37.2-1048; 2012, c. 614.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}