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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 469 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. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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":1502853,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376103,"identifier":"64.2-2504","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2504","url":"\/64.2-2504\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2504\/","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2504","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reversions and vested remainders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2504","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Property<\/span> in which the slayer<\/span> holds a reversion or vested remainder and would have obtained the right of present possession<\/span> upon the death of the decedent<\/span> shall pass to the estate of the decedent<\/span>, if the decedent<\/span> held the particular estate, during the period of the life expectancy of the decedent<\/span>, or if the particular estate is held by a third person and measured by the life of the decedent<\/span>, it shall remain in the possession<\/span> of the third person during the period of the life expectancy of the decedent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVERSIONS AND VESTED REMAINDERS (\u00a7 64.2-2504)\n\nProperty in which the slayer holds a reversion or vested remainder and would\nhave obtained the right of present possession upon the death of the decedent\nshall pass to the estate of the decedent, if the decedent held the particular\nestate, during the period of the life expectancy of the decedent, or if the\nparticular estate is held by a third person and measured by the life of the\ndecedent, it shall remain in the possession of the third person during the\nperiod of the life expectancy of the decedent.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 469, \u00a7 55-407; 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"}}