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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0089\">89<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":272827,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62577,"identifier":"64.2-108.1","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/2\/64.2-108.1","url":"\/64.2-108.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-108.1\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/2\/64.2-108.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"References to former sections, articles, or chapters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-108.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When any <span class=\"dictionary\">will<\/span>, trust instrument, <span class=\"dictionary\">power of attorney<\/span>, or other instrument refers to a section of the Code that, at the time the reference was made in the <span class=\"dictionary\">will<\/span>, trust instrument, <span class=\"dictionary\">power of attorney<\/span>, or other instrument, had been repealed and transferred in the same or a modified form to a new section, article, or chapter in Title 64.2, the reference shall be construed to refer to the latter in the absence of any <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to the contrary.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFERENCES TO FORMER SECTIONS, ARTICLES, OR CHAPTERS (\u00a7 64.2-108.1)\n\nWhen any will, trust instrument, power of attorney, or other instrument refers\nto a section of the Code that, at the time the reference was made in the will,\ntrust instrument, power of attorney, or other instrument, had been repealed and\ntransferred in the same or a modified form to a new section, article, or chapter\nin Title 64.2, the reference shall be construed to refer to the latter in the\nabsence of any intent to the contrary.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 89.","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}}