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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 516 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. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0657\">657<\/a>; 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":275437,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62208,"identifier":"64.2-1909","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/19\/64.2-1909","url":"\/64.2-1909\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1909\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/19\/64.2-1909","dublin_core":{"Title":"Single and joint custodians","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1909","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">transfer<\/span> may be made only for one <span class=\"dictionary\">minor<\/span>, and up to two <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> may be joint <span class=\"dictionary\">custodians<\/span>. All <span class=\"dictionary\">custodial property<\/span> held under this chapter by the same <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> or joint <span class=\"dictionary\">custodians<\/span> for the benefit of the same <span class=\"dictionary\">minor<\/span> constitutes a single custodianship. Unless otherwise specified in any document creating the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodial property<\/span>, each joint <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> shall have full power and authority to act alone with respect to the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodial property<\/span>. 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If either joint custodian resigns, dies,\nbecomes incapacitated, or is removed, then the remaining joint custodian shall\nbecome sole custodian.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 516, \u00a7 31-46; 2006, c. 657; 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}}