{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/64.2-117.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/64.2-117.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/64.2-117.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/64.2-117.html"}],"law_id":66806,"edition_id":1,"section_id":66806,"structure_id":14246,"section_number":"64.2-117","catch_line":"Applicability","history":"2017, cc. 33, 80.","full_text":"A\n\nThis article applies to:1\n\nA fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after July 1, 2017;2\n\nA personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after July 1, 2017;3\n\nA conservatorship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017;4\n\nA guardianship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017; and5\n\nA trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2017.B\n\nThis article 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03:43:50","permalink":{"id":272781,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12723,"identifier":"64.2","token":"64.2","url":"\/64.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":67884,"structure_id":14246,"section_number":"64.2-116","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/64.2-116\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-116","metadata":false},{"id":66806,"structure_id":14246,"section_number":"64.2-117","catch_line":"Applicability","url":"\/64.2-117\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-117","metadata":false},{"id":70167,"structure_id":14246,"section_number":"64.2-118","catch_line":"User direction for disclosure of digital assets","url":"\/64.2-118\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-118","metadata":false},{"id":55478,"structure_id":14246,"section_number":"64.2-119","catch_line":"Terms-of-service agreement","url":"\/64.2-119\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-119","metadata":false},{"id":70524,"structure_id":14246,"section_number":"64.2-120","catch_line":"Procedure for 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Act","url":"\/64.2-132\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-132","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":67884,"structure_id":14246,"section_number":"64.2-116","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/64.2-116\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-116","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":70167,"structure_id":14246,"section_number":"64.2-118","catch_line":"User direction for disclosure of digital assets","url":"\/64.2-118\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-118","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/64.2-117\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0033\">33<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0080\">80<\/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":272847,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66806,"identifier":"64.2-117","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-117","url":"\/64.2-117\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-117\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-117","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-117","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> This article applies to: <a id=\"paragraph-242259\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-117\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">fiduciary<\/span> acting under a <span class=\"dictionary\">will<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">power of attorney<\/span> executed before, on, or after July 1, 2017; <a id=\"paragraph-242260\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-117\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">personal representative<\/span> acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after July 1, 2017; <a id=\"paragraph-242261\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-117\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> A conservatorship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017; <a id=\"paragraph-242262\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-117\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> A guardianship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017; and <a id=\"paragraph-242263\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-117\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> acting under a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2017. <a id=\"paragraph-242264\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-117\/#A5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> This article applies to a <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> if the <span class=\"dictionary\">user<\/span> resides in the Commonwealth or resided in the Commonwealth at the time of the <span class=\"dictionary\">user<\/span>&#8217;s death. <a id=\"paragraph-242265\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-117\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> This article does not apply to a <span class=\"dictionary\">digital asset<\/span> of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer&#8217;s business. <a id=\"paragraph-242266\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-117\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY (\u00a7 64.2-117)\n\nA. This article applies to:\n\n   1. A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on,\n   or after July 1, 2017;\n\n   2. A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or\n   after July 1, 2017;\n\n   3. A conservatorship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017;\n\n   4. A guardianship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017; and\n\n   5. A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2017.\n\nB. This article applies to a custodian if the user resides in the Commonwealth\nor resided in the Commonwealth at the time of the user&#8217;s death.\n\nC. This article does not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an\nemployee in the ordinary course of the employer&#8217;s business.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, cc. 33, 80.","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}}