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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":244899,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71379,"identifier":"55.1-130","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-130","url":"\/55.1-130\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-130\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-130","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain limitations construed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-130","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every limitation in any deed or will contingent upon the dying of any person without heirs, heirs of the body, issue<\/span>, issue<\/span> of the body, children, offspring or descendants, or other relatives shall be construed a limitation to take effect when such person dies not having such heir, issue<\/span>, child, offspring, descendant, or other relative, as the case may be, living at the time of his death, or born to him within 10 months after his death, unless the intention of such limitation be otherwise plainly declared on the face of the deed or will creating it.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN LIMITATIONS CONSTRUED (\u00a7 55.1-130)\n\nEvery limitation in any deed or will contingent upon the dying of any person\nwithout heirs, heirs of the body, issue, issue of the body, children, offspring\nor descendants, or other relatives shall be construed a limitation to take\neffect when such person dies not having such heir, issue, child, offspring,\ndescendant, or other relative, as the case may be, living at the time of his\ndeath, or born to him within 10 months after his death, unless the intention of\nsuch limitation be otherwise plainly declared on the face of the deed or will\ncreating it.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5151; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-13; 2019, c. 712.","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}}