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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1990, chapter 831; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":244941,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70172,"identifier":"55.1-200","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-200","url":"\/55.1-200\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-200\/","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-200","dublin_core":{"Title":"How married persons may acquire and dispose of property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-200","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Married persons shall have the right to acquire, hold, use, control, and dispose of property as if they were unmarried. Such power of use, control, and disposition<\/span> shall apply to all property of a married person. The marital rights of persons married to each other shall not entitle either spouse to the possession<\/span> or use, or to the rents, issues<\/span>, and profits, of such real estate of the other spouse during the coverture, nor shall the property of either spouse be subject to the debts or liabilities of the other spouse.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW MARRIED PERSONS MAY ACQUIRE AND DISPOSE OF PROPERTY (\u00a7 55.1-200)\n\nMarried persons shall have the right to acquire, hold, use, control, and dispose\nof property as if they were unmarried. Such power of use, control, and\ndisposition shall apply to all property of a married person. The marital rights\nof persons married to each other shall not entitle either spouse to the\npossession or use, or to the rents, issues, and profits, of such real estate of\nthe other spouse during the coverture, nor shall the property of either spouse\nbe subject to the debts or liabilities of the other spouse.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5134; 1932, p. 21; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-35; 1990, c. 831;\n2019, 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}}