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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 2005, chapter 772<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 541<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85753,"section_number":"57-11","catch_line":"Suits by and against trustees","order_by":null,"url":"\/57-11\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80250,"section_number":"57-18","catch_line":"Conveyance for charitable purpose to unincorporated bodies, societies, groups, associations, or posts","order_by":null,"url":"\/57-18\/"},{"id":58530,"section_number":"57-19","catch_line":"Conveyances of land to benevolent and other associations to be subject to certain sections","order_by":null,"url":"\/57-19\/"}],"permalink":{"id":251621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55517,"identifier":"57-21","token":"57\/2\/3\/57-21","url":"\/57-21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/57-21\/","token":"57\/2\/3\/57-21","dublin_core":{"Title":"May hold personal property through trustees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 57-21","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any such unincorporated body, society, group, association, or post referenced in \u00a7 57-18<\/a> or 57-19<\/a> may acquire personal property for its use, and hold the same and any such as it may have heretofore acquired, through the intervention of trustees in whom the legal title shall be vested for its benefit; and the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the locality in which the meetings of such unincorporated body, society, group, association, or post are usually held, or the judge<\/span> of such court<\/span> in vacation, may, on the application of the proper authorities of the unincorporated body, society, group, association, or post, from time to time, appoint trustees, either where there were or are none, or in place of former trustees, and change those so appointed, as may seem to the court<\/span> or judge<\/span> to be proper; and the legal title to such personal property shall be vested in the trustees, for the time being, and their successors, for the use and benefit of the unincorporated body, society, group, association, or post.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAY HOLD PERSONAL PROPERTY THROUGH TRUSTEES (\u00a7 57-21)\n\nAny such unincorporated body, society, group, association, or post referenced in\n\u00a7 57-18 or 57-19 may acquire personal property for its use, and hold the same\nand any such as it may have heretofore acquired, through the intervention of\ntrustees in whom the legal title shall be vested for its benefit; and the\ncircuit court of the locality in which the meetings of such unincorporated body,\nsociety, group, association, or post are usually held, or the judge of such\ncourt in vacation, may, on the application of the proper authorities of the\nunincorporated body, society, group, association, or post, from time to time,\nappoint trustees, either where there were or are none, or in place of former\ntrustees, and change those so appointed, as may seem to the court or judge to be\nproper; and the legal title to such personal property shall be vested in the\ntrustees, for the time being, and their successors, for the use and benefit of\nthe unincorporated body, society, group, association, or post.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 49; 2005, c. 772; 2023, c. 541.","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}}