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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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63124,"section_number":"64.2-200","catch_line":"Course of descents generally; right of Commonwealth if no other heir","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":244973,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76297,"identifier":"55.1-208","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-208","url":"\/55.1-208\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-208\/","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-208","dublin_core":{"Title":"How estate of a married person to pass at death","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-208","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When a married person, having title to any estate, dies intestate, such estate, or any part of such estate, shall pass according to the provisions of Chapter 2 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Course of descents generally; right of Commonwealth if no other heir\" href=\"\/64.2-200\/\">64.2-200<\/a> et seq.) of Title 64.2, subject to his debts.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW ESTATE OF A MARRIED PERSON TO PASS AT DEATH (\u00a7 55.1-208)\n\nWhen a married person, having title to any estate, dies intestate, such estate,\nor any part of such estate, shall pass according to the provisions of Chapter 2\n(\u00a7 64.2-200 et seq.) of Title 64.2, subject to his debts.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5138; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-46; 1990, c. 831; 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}}