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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>371042</law_id><section_number>58.1-1718.01</section_number><catch_line>Exemption for victims of the Virginia Beach mass shooting</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="125" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="17" identifier="17">Miscellaneous Taxes</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Tax on Wills and Administrations</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Virginia Beach mass shooting</span>&#x201D; means the mass shooting that occurred on May 31, 2019, at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center in the City of Virginia Beach. <a id="paragraph-1383976" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-1718.01/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No tax shall be imposed under this article on the probate of a will or grant of administration of the estate of an individual who died as a result of the <span class="dictionary">Virginia Beach mass shooting</span>. <a id="paragraph-1383977" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-1718.01/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 249, 278.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
