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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":244957,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75492,"identifier":"55.1-204","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-204","url":"\/55.1-204\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-204\/","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-204","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rights of spouse not affected by other spouse’s acts only","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No conveyance or other act by one spouse only of any land that is the inheritance of the other spouse shall be or make any discontinuance thereof, or be prejudicial to the other spouse or his heirs or to any having right or title to the same by his death, but they may respectively enter into such land, according to their right and title in such land, as if no such conveyance or act had been done.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHTS OF SPOUSE NOT AFFECTED BY OTHER SPOUSE’S ACTS ONLY (\u00a7 55.1-204)\n\nNo conveyance or other act by one spouse only of any land that is the\ninheritance of the other spouse shall be or make any discontinuance thereof, or\nbe prejudicial to the other spouse or his heirs or to any having right or title\nto the same by his death, but they may respectively enter into such land,\naccording to their right and title in such land, as if no such conveyance or act\nhad been done.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5442; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-39; 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}}