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Payments made according to the terms of a deceased prize winner’s beneficiary designation or similar form filed with the Department are effective by reason of the contract involved and this statute and are not to be considered as testamentary or subject to Chapter 4 (§ 64.2-400 et seq.) of Title 64.2. The Director shall be discharged of all liability upon payment of a prize pursuant to this section.B\n\nInvestments of prize proceeds made by the Department to fund the payment of an annuitized prize are to be held in the name of the Department or the Commonwealth and not in the name of the prize winner. Any claim of a prize winner to a future payment remains inchoate until the date the payment is due under Department regulations.C\n\nExcept as provided in Chapter 19 (§ 63.2-1900 et seq.) of Title 63.2 and this chapter, no lottery prize or installment thereof may be subject to garnishment or to a lien of any kind until such prize or installment thereof has been paid or distributed.D\n\nWhenever the Department or the Director is or may be named as a party in any proceeding instituted by or on behalf of one or more persons who claim ownership of a winning lottery ticket, prize, share or portion thereof for the purpose of determining the ownership or right to such ticket, prize, share or portion thereof, the Director may voluntarily pay or tender the prize, share or portion thereof into the circuit court where the action is filed, or may be ordered to do so by the court, and shall thereupon be discharged from all liability as between the claimants of such ticket, prize, share or portion thereof without regard to whether such payment was made voluntarily or pursuant to a court order.\n\t\t\tNothing in this section shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth or to authorize any attachment, garnishment, or lien against the prize, share or portion thereof paid into the court except as permitted by subsection C.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":297783,"text":"No right of any person to a prize drawn shall be assignable, except that: (i) payment of any prize drawn may be paid according to the terms of a deceased prize winner’s beneficiary designation or similar form filed with the Department or to the estate of a deceased prize winner who has not completed such a form; (ii) the prize to which the winner is entitled may be paid to a person pursuant to an appropriate judicial order; and (iii) payment of any prize drawn may be paid in accordance with the provisions of § 58.1-4020.1. Payments made according to the terms of a deceased prize winner’s beneficiary designation or similar form filed with the Department are effective by reason of the contract involved and this statute and are not to be considered as testamentary or subject to Chapter 4 (§ 64.2-400 et seq.) of Title 64.2. The Director shall be discharged of all liability upon payment of a prize pursuant to this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":297784,"text":"Investments of prize proceeds made by the Department to fund the payment of an annuitized prize are to be held in the name of the Department or the Commonwealth and not in the name of the prize winner. 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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 531 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1992, chapter 449; in 1995, chapter 423<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 924<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62937,"section_number":"58.1-4020.1","catch_line":"Voluntary assignment of lottery prizes or pledge as collateral for a loan; requirements for the assignees and lenders","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-4020.1\/"},{"id":54048,"section_number":"63.2-1900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1900\/"},{"id":84900,"section_number":"64.2-400","catch_line":"Separate writing identifying recipients of tangible personal property; liability for distribution; action to recover property","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":259147,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83088,"identifier":"58.1-4013","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4013","url":"\/58.1-4013\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-4013\/","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4013","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right to prize not assignable; exceptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-4013","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No right of any person to a prize drawn shall be assignable, except that: (i) payment of any prize drawn may be paid according to the terms of a deceased prize winner’s beneficiary designation or similar form filed with the Department<\/span> or to the estate of a deceased prize winner who has not completed such a form; (ii) the prize to which the winner is entitled may be paid to a person pursuant to an appropriate judicial order<\/span>; and (iii) payment of any prize drawn may be paid in accordance with the provisions of § 58.1-4020.1<\/a>. Payments made according to the terms of a deceased prize winner’s beneficiary designation or similar form filed with the Department<\/span> are effective by reason of the contract<\/span> involved and this statute<\/span> and are not to be considered as testamentary or subject to Chapter 4 (§ 64.2-400<\/a> et seq.) of Title 64.2. The Director<\/span> shall be discharged of all liability upon payment of a prize pursuant to this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Investments of prize proceeds made by the Department<\/span> to fund the payment of an annuitized prize are to be held in the name of the Department<\/span> or the Commonwealth and not in the name of the prize winner. Any claim of a prize winner to a future payment remains inchoate until the date the payment is due under Department<\/span> regulations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Except as provided in Chapter 19 (§ 63.2-1900<\/a> et seq.) of Title 63.2 and this chapter, no lottery<\/span> prize or installment thereof may be subject to garnishment<\/span> or to a lien<\/span> of any kind until such prize or installment thereof has been paid or distributed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Whenever the Department<\/span> or the Director<\/span> is or may be named as a party<\/span> in any proceeding instituted by or on behalf of one or more persons who claim ownership of a winning lottery<\/span> ticket, prize, share or portion thereof for the purpose of determining the ownership or right to such ticket, prize, share or portion thereof, the Director<\/span> may voluntarily pay or tender the prize, share or portion thereof into the circuit<\/span> court where the action is filed, or may be ordered to do so by the court, and shall thereupon be discharged from all liability as between the claimants of such ticket, prize, share or portion thereof without regard to whether such payment was made voluntarily or pursuant to a court order<\/span>.\n\t\t\tNothing in this section shall be deemed to constitute a waiver<\/span> of the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth or to authorize any attachment<\/span>, garnishment<\/span>, or lien<\/span> against the prize, share or portion thereof paid into the court except as permitted by subsection C. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT TO PRIZE NOT ASSIGNABLE; EXCEPTIONS (\u00a7 58.1-4013)\n\nA. No right of any person to a prize drawn shall be assignable, except that: (i)\npayment of any prize drawn may be paid according to the terms of a deceased\nprize winner’s beneficiary designation or similar form filed with the\nDepartment or to the estate of a deceased prize winner who has not completed\nsuch a form; (ii) the prize to which the winner is entitled may be paid to a\nperson pursuant to an appropriate judicial order; and (iii) payment of any prize\ndrawn may be paid in accordance with the provisions of § 58.1-4020.1.\nPayments made according to the terms of a deceased prize winner’s\nbeneficiary designation or similar form filed with the Department are effective\nby reason of the contract involved and this statute and are not to be considered\nas testamentary or subject to Chapter 4 (§ 64.2-400 et seq.) of Title 64.2.\nThe Director shall be discharged of all liability upon payment of a prize\npursuant to this section.\n\nB. Investments of prize proceeds made by the Department to fund the payment of\nan annuitized prize are to be held in the name of the Department or the\nCommonwealth and not in the name of the prize winner. Any claim of a prize\nwinner to a future payment remains inchoate until the date the payment is due\nunder Department regulations.\n\nC. Except as provided in Chapter 19 (§ 63.2-1900 et seq.) of Title 63.2 and\nthis chapter, no lottery prize or installment thereof may be subject to\ngarnishment or to a lien of any kind until such prize or installment thereof has\nbeen paid or distributed.\n\nD. Whenever the Department or the Director is or may be named as a party in any\nproceeding instituted by or on behalf of one or more persons who claim ownership\nof a winning lottery ticket, prize, share or portion thereof for the purpose of\ndetermining the ownership or right to such ticket, prize, share or portion\nthereof, the Director may voluntarily pay or tender the prize, share or portion\nthereof into the circuit court where the action is filed, or may be ordered to\ndo so by the court, and shall thereupon be discharged from all liability as\nbetween the claimants of such ticket, prize, share or portion thereof without\nregard to whether such payment was made voluntarily or pursuant to a court\norder.\n\t\t\tNothing in this section shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of the\nsovereign immunity of the Commonwealth or to authorize any attachment,\ngarnishment, or lien against the prize, share or portion thereof paid into the\ncourt except as permitted by subsection C.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 531; 1992, c. 449; 1995, c. 423; 2003, c. 924.","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}}