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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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">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\/"},{"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":264951,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65001,"identifier":"6.2-610","token":"6.2\/II\/6\/2\/6.2-610","url":"\/6.2-610\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-610\/","token":"6.2\/II\/6\/2\/6.2-610","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transfers arising from right of survivorship nontestamentary","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-610","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any transfers resulting from the application of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Right of survivorship\" href=\"\/6.2-608\/\">6.2-608<\/a> are effective by reason of the <span class=\"dictionary\">account<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> involved and this article and are not to be considered as testamentary or subject to Chapter 4 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Separate writing identifying recipients of tangible personal property; liability for distribution; action to recover property\" href=\"\/64.2-400\/\">64.2-400<\/a> et seq.) of Title 64.2.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFERS ARISING FROM RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP NONTESTAMENTARY (\u00a7 6.2-610)\n\nAny transfers resulting from the application of \u00a7 6.2-608 are effective by\nreason of the account contracts involved and this article and are not to be\nconsidered as testamentary or subject to Chapter 4 (\u00a7 64.2-400 et seq.) of\nTitle 64.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 407, \u00a7 6.1-125.7; 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}}