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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 266<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1503027,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376144,"identifier":"64.2-2721","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/3\/64.2-2721","url":"\/64.2-2721\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2721\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/3\/64.2-2721","dublin_core":{"Title":"Capture doctrine; disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2721","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

To the extent that a powerholder<\/span> of a general power of appointment<\/span>, other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend<\/span> a trust, makes an ineffective appointment:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The gift-in-default<\/span> clause<\/span> controls the disposition<\/span> of the ineffectively appointed property; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> If there is no gift-in-default<\/span> clause<\/span> or to the extent that the clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property:\n\t\t\ta. Passes to: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The powerholder<\/span> if the powerholder<\/span> is a permissible appointee<\/span> and living; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> If the powerholder<\/span> is an impermissible appointee<\/span> or deceased, the powerholder<\/span>’s estate if the estate is a permissible appointee<\/span>; or\n\t\t\t\tb. If there is no taker under subdivision 2 a, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor<\/span> or the donor<\/span>’s transferee or successor in interest. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCAPTURE DOCTRINE; DISPOSITION OF INEFFECTIVELY APPOINTED PROPERTY UNDER GENERAL\nPOWER (\u00a7 64.2-2721)\n\nTo the extent that a powerholder of a general power of appointment, other than a\npower to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust, makes an ineffective\nappointment:\n\n1. The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively\nappointed property; or\n\n2. If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent that the clause is\nineffective, the ineffectively appointed property:\n\t\t\ta. Passes to:\n\n 1. The powerholder if the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living;\n or\n\n 2. If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the\n powerholder’s estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or\n \t\t\t\tb. If there is no taker under subdivision 2 a, passes under a reversionary\n interest to the donor or the donor’s transferee or successor in\n interest.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 266.","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"}}