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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, chapters 269<\/a> and 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":55234,"section_number":"64.2-600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":264963,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69238,"identifier":"6.2-613","token":"6.2\/II\/6\/2\/6.2-613","url":"\/6.2-613\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-613\/","token":"6.2\/II\/6\/2\/6.2-613","dublin_core":{"Title":"Payment of sums in joint account","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-613","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any sums in a joint account<\/span> may be paid, on request<\/span>, to any party<\/span> without regard to whether any other party<\/span> is incapacitated or deceased at the time the payment is demanded. Payment may not be made to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased party<\/span> under the Virginia Small Estate Act (\u00a7 64.2-600<\/a> et seq.) unless (i) proof of death<\/span> is presented to the financial institution<\/span> showing that the decedent was the last surviving party<\/span> or (ii) there is no right of survivorship under \u00a7 6.2-608<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENT OF SUMS IN JOINT ACCOUNT (\u00a7 6.2-613)\n\nAny sums in a joint account may be paid, on request, to any party without regard\nto whether any other party is incapacitated or deceased at the time the payment\nis demanded. Payment may not be made to the personal representative or heirs of\na deceased party under the Virginia Small Estate Act (\u00a7 64.2-600 et seq.)\nunless (i) proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that\nthe decedent was the last surviving party or (ii) there is no right of\nsurvivorship under \u00a7 6.2-608.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 407, \u00a7 6.1-125.10; 2010, cc. 269, 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}}