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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 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":79409,"section_number":"64.2-105","catch_line":"Incorporation by reference of certain powers of fiduciaries into will or trust instrument","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-105\/"},{"id":56318,"section_number":"64.2-1911","catch_line":"Care of custodial property; duties of custodian","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1911\/"}],"permalink":{"id":275449,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83168,"identifier":"64.2-1912","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/19\/64.2-1912","url":"\/64.2-1912\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1912\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/19\/64.2-1912","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of custodian","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1912","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span>, acting in a custodial capacity, has all the rights, powers, and authority over <span class=\"dictionary\">custodial property<\/span> that unmarried <span class=\"dictionary\">adult<\/span> owners have over their own property, which shall include but not be limited to those powers set forth in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Incorporation by reference of certain powers of fiduciaries into will or trust instrument\" href=\"\/64.2-105\/\">64.2-105<\/a> as of the date the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> acts, but a <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> may exercise such rights, powers, and authority in that capacity only. 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However, this section\ndoes not relieve a custodian from liability for breach of a duty imposed under\n\u00a7 64.2-1911.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 516, \u00a7 31-49; 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}}