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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":[{"id":65755,"section_number":"64.2-1918","catch_line":"Accounting by and determination of liability of custodian","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1918\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":275465,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59272,"identifier":"64.2-1916","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/19\/64.2-1916","url":"\/64.2-1916\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1916\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/19\/64.2-1916","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability to third persons","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1916","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A claim based on (i) a <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> entered into by a <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> acting in a custodial capacity, (ii) an obligation arising from the ownership or control of <span class=\"dictionary\">custodial property<\/span>, or (iii) a <span class=\"dictionary\">tort<\/span> committed during the custodianship may be asserted against the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodial property<\/span> by proceeding against the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> in a custodial capacity, whether or not the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> or the <span class=\"dictionary\">minor<\/span> is personally liable therefor.\n\t\tA <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> is not personally liable on a <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> properly entered into in the custodial capacity, unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> fails to reveal that capacity and to identify the custodianship in the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>, or for an obligation arising from control of <span class=\"dictionary\">custodial property<\/span> or for a <span class=\"dictionary\">tort<\/span> committed during the custodianship, unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> is personally at fault.\n\t\tA <span class=\"dictionary\">minor<\/span> is not personally liable for an obligation arising from ownership of <span class=\"dictionary\">custodial property<\/span> or for a <span class=\"dictionary\">tort<\/span> committed during the custodianship unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">minor<\/span> is personally at fault.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY TO THIRD PERSONS (\u00a7 64.2-1916)\n\nA claim based on (i) a contract entered into by a custodian acting in a\ncustodial capacity, (ii) an obligation arising from the ownership or control of\ncustodial property, or (iii) a tort committed during the custodianship may be\nasserted against the custodial property by proceeding against the custodian in a\ncustodial capacity, whether or not the custodian or the minor is personally\nliable therefor.\n\t\tA custodian is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in\nthe custodial capacity, unless the custodian fails to reveal that capacity and\nto identify the custodianship in the contract, or for an obligation arising from\ncontrol of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship,\nunless the custodian is personally at fault.\n\t\tA minor is not personally liable for an obligation arising from ownership of\ncustodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the\nminor is personally at fault.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 516, \u00a7 31-53; 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}}