{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/55.1-133.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/55.1-133.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/55.1-133.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/55.1-133.html"}],"law_id":80573,"edition_id":1,"section_id":80573,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-133","catch_line":"Application of the rule against perpetuities to nondonative transfers","history":"1982, c. 249, \u00a7 55-13.3; 2000, cc. 658, 714; 2013, c. 323; 2019, c. 712.","full_text":"A\n\nExcept for the transactions set forth in &#xA7; 55.1-127, which are governed by the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; 55.1-124 through 55.1-129, a nondonative transfer of an interest in property fails, if the interest does not vest, if it ever vests, within the period of the common-law rule against perpetuities.B\n\nThe provisions of this section (i) in force on June 30, 2000, shall apply to all donative interests created on or after July 1, 1982, and before July 1, 2000, and (ii) in force on July 1, 2000, shall apply to all nondonative interests created on or after July 1, 1982.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":288696,"text":"Except for the transactions set forth in &#xA7; 55.1-127, which are governed by the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; 55.1-124 through 55.1-129, a nondonative transfer of an interest in property fails, if the interest does not vest, if it ever vests, within the period of the common-law rule against perpetuities.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":288697,"text":"The provisions of this section (i) in force on June 30, 2000, shall apply to all donative interests created on or after July 1, 1982, and before July 1, 2000, and (ii) in force on July 1, 2000, shall apply to all nondonative interests created on or after July 1, 1982.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":15331,"edition_id":1,"name":"Rule Against Perpetuities","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13391,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:54:01","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:54:01","permalink":{"id":244873,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15331,"identifier":"2","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2","url":"\/55.1\/I\/1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13391,"edition_id":1,"name":"Creation and Limitation of Estates","identifier":"1","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13327,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:47","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:47","permalink":{"id":244773,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13391,"identifier":"1","token":"55.1\/I\/1","url":"\/55.1\/I\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13327,"edition_id":1,"name":"Property Conveyances","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12707,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:39","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:39","permalink":{"id":244771,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13327,"identifier":"I","token":"55.1\/I","url":"\/55.1\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12707,"edition_id":1,"name":"Property and Conveyances","identifier":"55.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":244769,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12707,"identifier":"55.1","token":"55.1","url":"\/55.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":73807,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-124","catch_line":"Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities","url":"\/55.1-124\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-124","metadata":false},{"id":77510,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-125","catch_line":"When nonvested property interest or power of appointment created","url":"\/55.1-125\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-125","metadata":false},{"id":70778,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-126","catch_line":"Reformation","url":"\/55.1-126\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-126","metadata":false},{"id":58366,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-127","catch_line":"Exclusions from statutory rule against perpetuities","url":"\/55.1-127\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-127","metadata":false},{"id":82059,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-128","catch_line":"Prospective application","url":"\/55.1-128\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-128","metadata":false},{"id":76055,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-129","catch_line":"Uniformity of application and construction","url":"\/55.1-129\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-129","metadata":false},{"id":71379,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-130","catch_line":"Certain limitations construed","url":"\/55.1-130\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-130","metadata":false},{"id":66314,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-131","catch_line":"Employee trusts","url":"\/55.1-131\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-131","metadata":false},{"id":74471,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-132","catch_line":"Determination of \"lives in being\" for purpose of rule against perpetuities","url":"\/55.1-132\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-132","metadata":false},{"id":80573,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-133","catch_line":"Application of the rule against perpetuities to nondonative transfers","url":"\/55.1-133\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-133","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":74471,"structure_id":15331,"section_number":"55.1-132","catch_line":"Determination of \"lives in being\" for purpose of rule against perpetuities","url":"\/55.1-132\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-132","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/55.1-133\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 249 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 2000, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0658\">658<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0714\">714<\/a>; in 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0323\">323<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73807,"section_number":"55.1-124","catch_line":"Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-124\/"},{"id":58366,"section_number":"55.1-127","catch_line":"Exclusions from statutory rule against perpetuities","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-127\/"},{"id":76055,"section_number":"55.1-129","catch_line":"Uniformity of application and construction","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-129\/"}],"permalink":{"id":244911,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80573,"identifier":"55.1-133","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-133","url":"\/55.1-133\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-133\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-133","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application of the rule against perpetuities to nondonative transfers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-133","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Except for the transactions set forth in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Exclusions from statutory rule against perpetuities\" href=\"\/55.1-127\/\">55.1-127<\/a>, which are governed by the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities\" href=\"\/55.1-124\/\">55.1-124<\/a> through <a class=\"law\" title=\"Uniformity of application and construction\" href=\"\/55.1-129\/\">55.1-129<\/a>, a nondonative transfer of an interest in property fails, if the interest does not vest, if it ever vests, within the period of the common-<span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> rule against perpetuities. <a id=\"paragraph-288696\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-133\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The provisions of this section (i) in force on June 30, 2000, shall apply to all donative interests created on or after July 1, 1982, and before July 1, 2000, and (ii) in force on July 1, 2000, shall apply to all nondonative interests created on or after July 1, 1982. <a id=\"paragraph-288697\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-133\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION OF THE RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES TO NONDONATIVE TRANSFERS (\u00a7\n55.1-133)\n\nA. Except for the transactions set forth in &#xA7; 55.1-127, which are governed\nby the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; 55.1-124 through 55.1-129, a nondonative\ntransfer of an interest in property fails, if the interest does not vest, if it\never vests, within the period of the common-law rule against perpetuities.\n\nB. The provisions of this section (i) in force on June 30, 2000, shall apply to\nall donative interests created on or after July 1, 1982, and before July 1,\n2000, and (ii) in force on July 1, 2000, shall apply to all nondonative\ninterests created on or after July 1, 1982.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 249, \u00a7 55-13.3; 2000, cc. 658, 714; 2013, c. 323; 2019, c.\n712.","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}}