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When any person causes any real or personal property, or any written memorial of a chose in action, to be titled, registered, or endorsed in the name of two or more persons “jointly,” as “joint tenants,” in a “joint tenancy,” or other similar language, such persons shall own the property in a joint tenancy without survivorship as provided in \u00a7 55.1-134. If, in addition, the expression “with survivorship,” or any equivalent language, is employed in such titling, registering, or endorsing, it shall be presumed that such persons are intended to own the property as joint tenants with the right of survivorship as at common law. This section is not applicable to multiple party accounts under Article 2 (\u00a7 6.2-604 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 6.2 or to any other matter specifically governed by another provision of the Code.\n\t\tIf any real or personal property is conveyed or devised to spouses, they shall take and hold such property by moieties in the same manner as if a distinct moiety had been given to each spouse by a separate conveyance, unless language as provided in this section or in \u00a7 55.1-136 is used that designates the tenancy as a joint tenancy or a tenancy by the entirety and all requirements for holding property by such tenancy are met.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":295088,"text":"Any persons may own real or personal property as joint tenants with or without a right of survivorship. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1999, chapter 196<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 331<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 718<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63669,"section_number":"55.1-134","catch_line":"Survivorship between joint tenants abolished","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-134\/"},{"id":85285,"section_number":"55.1-136","catch_line":"Tenants by the entirety in real and personal property; certain trusts","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-136\/"},{"id":83499,"section_number":"6.2-604","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-604\/"}],"permalink":{"id":244921,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82357,"identifier":"55.1-135","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/3\/55.1-135","url":"\/55.1-135\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-135\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/3\/55.1-135","dublin_core":{"Title":"Joint ownership in real and personal property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-135","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any persons may own real or personal property as joint tenants with or without a right of survivorship. When any person causes any real or personal property, or any written memorial of a chose in action, to be titled, registered, or endorsed in the name of two or more persons “jointly,” as “joint tenants,” in a “joint tenancy,” or other similar language, such persons shall own the property in a joint tenancy without survivorship as provided in \u00a7 55.1-134<\/a>. If, in addition, the expression “with survivorship,” or any equivalent language, is employed in such titling, registering, or endorsing, it shall be presumed that such persons are intended to own the property as joint tenants with the right of survivorship as at common law<\/span>. This section is not applicable to multiple party<\/span> accounts under Article 2 (\u00a7 6.2-604<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 6.2 or to any other matter specifically governed by another provision of the Code.\n\t\tIf any real or personal property is conveyed or devised to spouses, they shall take and hold such property by moieties in the same manner as if a distinct moiety had been given to each spouse by a separate conveyance, unless language as provided in this section or in \u00a7 55.1-136<\/a> is used that designates the tenancy as a joint tenancy or a tenancy by the entirety and all requirements for holding property by such tenancy are met.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJOINT OWNERSHIP IN REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY (\u00a7 55.1-135)\n\nAny persons may own real or personal property as joint tenants with or without a\nright of survivorship. When any person causes any real or personal property, or\nany written memorial of a chose in action, to be titled, registered, or endorsed\nin the name of two or more persons “jointly,” as “joint\ntenants,” in a “joint tenancy,” or other similar language,\nsuch persons shall own the property in a joint tenancy without survivorship as\nprovided in \u00a7 55.1-134. If, in addition, the expression “with\nsurvivorship,” or any equivalent language, is employed in such titling,\nregistering, or endorsing, it shall be presumed that such persons are intended\nto own the property as joint tenants with the right of survivorship as at common\nlaw. This section is not applicable to multiple party accounts under Article 2\n(\u00a7 6.2-604 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 6.2 or to any other matter\nspecifically governed by another provision of the Code.\n\t\tIf any real or personal property is conveyed or devised to spouses, they shall\ntake and hold such property by moieties in the same manner as if a distinct\nmoiety had been given to each spouse by a separate conveyance, unless language\nas provided in this section or in \u00a7 55.1-136 is used that designates the\ntenancy as a joint tenancy or a tenancy by the entirety and all requirements for\nholding property by such tenancy are met.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5160; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-21; 1999, c. 196, \u00a7 55-20.1;\n2000, c. 331; 2001, c. 718; 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}}