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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":1503047,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376149,"identifier":"64.2-2726","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/3\/64.2-2726","url":"\/64.2-2726\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2726\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/3\/64.2-2726","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powerholder’s authority to revoke or amend exercise","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2726","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A powerholder<\/span> may revoke or amend<\/span> an exercise of a power of appointment<\/span> only to the extent that:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The powerholder<\/span> reserves a power of revocation<\/span> or amendment in the instrument exercising the power of appointment<\/span>, and if the power is nongeneral, the terms of the instrument<\/span> creating the power of appointment<\/span> do not prohibit the reservation; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The terms of the instrument<\/span> creating the power of appointment<\/span> provide that the exercise is revocable or amendable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERHOLDER’S AUTHORITY TO REVOKE OR AMEND EXERCISE (\u00a7 64.2-2726)\n\nA powerholder may revoke or amend an exercise of a power of appointment only to\nthe extent that:\n\n1. The powerholder reserves a power of revocation or amendment in the instrument\nexercising the power of appointment, and if the power is nongeneral, the terms\nof the instrument creating the power of appointment do not prohibit the\nreservation; or\n\n2. The terms of the instrument creating the power of appointment provide that\nthe exercise is revocable or amendable.\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"}}