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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 455<\/a> and 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 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":275211,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64188,"identifier":"64.2-1613","token":"64.2\/IV\/B\/16\/1\/64.2-1613","url":"\/64.2-1613\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1613\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/B\/16\/1\/64.2-1613","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exoneration of agent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1613","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A provision in a power of attorney<\/span> relieving an agent<\/span> of liability for breach of duty is binding on the principal<\/span> and the principal<\/span>’s successors in interest except to the extent the provision:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Relieves the agent<\/span> of liability for breach of duty committed dishonestly, with an improper motive, or with reckless indifference to the purposes of the power of attorney<\/span> or the best interest of the principal<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Was inserted as a result of an abuse of a confidential or fiduciary<\/span> relationship with the principal<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXONERATION OF AGENT (\u00a7 64.2-1613)\n\nA provision in a power of attorney relieving an agent of liability for breach of\nduty is binding on the principal and the principal’s successors in\ninterest except to the extent the provision:\n\n1. Relieves the agent of liability for breach of duty committed dishonestly,\nwith an improper motive, or with reckless indifference to the purposes of the\npower of attorney or the best interest of the principal; or\n\n2. Was inserted as a result of an abuse of a confidential or fiduciary\nrelationship with the principal.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 455, 632, \u00a7 26-86; 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}}