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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 684 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241925,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55129,"identifier":"54.1-2824","token":"54.1\/III\/28\/5\/54.1-2824","url":"\/54.1-2824\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2824\/","token":"54.1\/III\/28\/5\/54.1-2824","dublin_core":{"Title":"Declaration of trust in consideration other than money","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2824","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Within thirty days following the receipt of any personal property other than money delivered pursuant to any preneed funeral contract<\/span>, the person receiving it, if title thereto is transferred, or the person making such delivery, if title thereto is not transferred, shall execute in writing a declaration of trust setting forth all the terms, conditions and considerations upon which the personal property is delivered, which shall be acknowledged in the same manner as the contract and recorded in the clerk’s office of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the city or county in which the person delivering the personal property resides; provided, that if such terms, conditions and considerations are contained in the preneed funeral contract<\/span>, the contract shall be recorded.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECLARATION OF TRUST IN CONSIDERATION OTHER THAN MONEY (\u00a7 54.1-2824)\n\nWithin thirty days following the receipt of any personal property other than\nmoney delivered pursuant to any preneed funeral contract, the person receiving\nit, if title thereto is transferred, or the person making such delivery, if\ntitle thereto is not transferred, shall execute in writing a declaration of\ntrust setting forth all the terms, conditions and considerations upon which the\npersonal property is delivered, which shall be acknowledged in the same manner\nas the contract and recorded in the clerk’s office of the circuit court of\nthe city or county in which the person delivering the personal property resides;\nprovided, that if such terms, conditions and considerations are contained in the\npreneed funeral contract, the contract shall be recorded.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 684.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}