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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0455\">455<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0632\">632<\/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. 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 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0614\">614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84076,"section_number":"54.1-2825","catch_line":"Person to make arrangements for funeral and disposition of remains","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2825\/"}],"permalink":{"id":275163,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54138,"identifier":"64.2-1601","token":"64.2\/IV\/B\/16\/1\/64.2-1601","url":"\/64.2-1601\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1601\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/B\/16\/1\/64.2-1601","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This chapter applies to all powers of attorney except:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> A power to the extent it is coupled with an interest in the subject of the power, including a power given to or for the benefit of a <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span> in connection with a credit transaction; <a id=\"paragraph-198714\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1601\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A power to make health care decisions; <a id=\"paragraph-198715\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1601\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> A proxy or other delegation to exercise voting rights or management rights with respect to an entity; <a id=\"paragraph-198716\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1601\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> A power created on a form prescribed by a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality for a governmental purpose; and <a id=\"paragraph-198717\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1601\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> A power to make arrangements for burial or <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span> of remains pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Person to make arrangements for funeral and disposition of remains\" href=\"\/54.1-2825\/\">54.1-2825<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-198718\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1601\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY (\u00a7 64.2-1601)\n\nThis chapter applies to all powers of attorney except:\n\n1. A power to the extent it is coupled with an interest in the subject of the\npower, including a power given to or for the benefit of a creditor in connection\nwith a credit transaction;\n\n2. A power to make health care decisions;\n\n3. A proxy or other delegation to exercise voting rights or management rights\nwith respect to an entity;\n\n4. A power created on a form prescribed by a government or governmental\nsubdivision, agency, or instrumentality for a governmental purpose; and\n\n5. A power to make arrangements for burial or disposition of remains pursuant to\n&#xA7; 54.1-2825.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 455, 632, \u00a7 26-74; 2012, c. 614.","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}}