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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 407 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 1979 \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 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70832,"section_number":"6.2-608","catch_line":"Right of survivorship","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-608\/"}],"permalink":{"id":264947,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69560,"identifier":"6.2-609","token":"6.2\/II\/6\/2\/6.2-609","url":"\/6.2-609\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-609\/","token":"6.2\/II\/6\/2\/6.2-609","dublin_core":{"Title":"Change of form of account upon written order to financial institution","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of \u00a7 6.2-608<\/a> as to rights of survivorship are determined by the form of the account<\/span> at the death of a party<\/span>. This form may be altered by written order<\/span> given by a party<\/span> to the financial institution<\/span> to change the form of the account<\/span> or to stop or vary payment under the terms of the account<\/span>. The order<\/span> or request<\/span> shall be signed by a party<\/span>, received by the financial institution<\/span> during the party<\/span>’s lifetime, and not countermanded by other written order<\/span> of the same party<\/span> during his lifetime.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHANGE OF FORM OF ACCOUNT UPON WRITTEN ORDER TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (\u00a7\n6.2-609)\n\nThe provisions of \u00a7 6.2-608 as to rights of survivorship are determined by the\nform of the account at the death of a party. This form may be altered by written\norder given by a party to the financial institution to change the form of the\naccount or to stop or vary payment under the terms of the account. The order or\nrequest shall be signed by a party, received by the financial institution during\nthe party’s lifetime, and not countermanded by other written order of the\nsame party during his lifetime.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 407, \u00a7 6.1-125.6; 2010, c. 794.","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}}