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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 76 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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":244981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82520,"identifier":"55.1-210","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-210","url":"\/55.1-210\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-210\/","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-210","dublin_core":{"Title":"Tangible personal property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-210","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No presumption<\/span> of ownership of tangible personal property shall arise by operation of law<\/span> to prefer one spouse of a marriage over the other if such presumption<\/span> is based solely on the sex of the spouse.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY (\u00a7 55.1-210)\n\nNo presumption of ownership of tangible personal property shall arise by\noperation of law to prefer one spouse of a marriage over the other if such\npresumption is based solely on the sex of the spouse.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 76, \u00a7 55-47.1; 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}}