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It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 656; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0614\">614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1500595,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376317,"identifier":"64.2-547","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/8\/64.2-547","url":"\/64.2-547\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-547\/","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/8\/64.2-547","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revival of judgment by administrator de bonis non","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-547","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If an action is pending or a <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> has been rendered in the Commonwealth in favor of a <span class=\"dictionary\">personal representative<\/span> upon a <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> made during or for a <span class=\"dictionary\">cause of action<\/span> that accrued in the lifetime of the decedent, the administrator de bonis non of the decedent may <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> for execution upon such <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span>, or to revive the pending action if the <span class=\"dictionary\">personal representative<\/span> who brought the action could have maintained the same.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVIVAL OF JUDGMENT BY ADMINISTRATOR DE BONIS NON (\u00a7 64.2-547)\n\nIf an action is pending or a judgment has been rendered in the Commonwealth in\nfavor of a personal representative upon a contract made during or for a cause of\naction that accrued in the lifetime of the decedent, the administrator de bonis\nnon of the decedent may petition for execution upon such judgment, or to revive\nthe pending action if the personal representative who brought the action could\nhave maintained the same.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-158; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-168; 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"}}