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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":false,"permalink":{"id":275223,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78718,"identifier":"64.2-1616","token":"64.2\/IV\/B\/16\/1\/64.2-1616","url":"\/64.2-1616\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1616\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/B\/16\/1\/64.2-1616","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agent&#8217;s resignation; notice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1616","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">power of attorney<\/span> provides a different method for an <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span>&#8217;s resignation, an <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> may resign by giving notice to the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span> and, if the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span> is incapacitated:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> To the conservator or guardian, if one has been appointed for the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span>, and a coagent or successor <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-282054\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1616\/#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> If there is no <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> described in subdivision 1, to an adult who is a spouse, child or other descendant, parent, brother, or sister of the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-282055\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1616\/#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> If none of the foregoing <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> is reasonably available, another <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> reasonably believed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> to have sufficient interest in the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span>&#8217;s welfare; or <a id=\"paragraph-282056\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1616\/#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> If none of the foregoing <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> is reasonably available, the adult protective services unit of the local department of social services for the county or city where the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span> resides or is located. <a id=\"paragraph-282057\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1616\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGENT&#8217;S RESIGNATION; NOTICE (\u00a7 64.2-1616)\n\nUnless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent&#8217;s\nresignation, an agent may resign by giving notice to the principal and, if the\nprincipal is incapacitated:\n\n1. 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