{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/64.2-201.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/64.2-201.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/64.2-201.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/64.2-201.html"}],"law_id":76289,"edition_id":1,"section_id":76289,"structure_id":16067,"section_number":"64.2-201","catch_line":"Distribution of personal estate; right of Commonwealth if no other distributee","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 64-11, 64-12; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7\u00a7 64.1-11, 64.1-12; 1978, c. 647; 1981, c. 580; 1982, c. 304; 1983, c. 320; 2012, c. 614.","full_text":"A\n\nThe surplus of the personal estate or any part thereof of any decedent, after payment of funeral expenses, charges of administration, and debts, and subject to the provisions of Article 2 (§ 64.2-309 et seq.) of Chapter 3, not effectively disposed of by will passes by intestate succession and is distributed to the same persons, and in the same proportions, as real estate descends pursuant to § 64.2-200.B\n\nIf there is no other distributee of a decedent’s personal estate, such personal estate shall accrue to the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":273873,"text":"The surplus of the personal estate or any part thereof of any decedent, after payment of funeral expenses, charges of administration, and debts, and subject to the provisions of Article 2 (§ 64.2-309 et seq.) of Chapter 3, not effectively disposed of by will passes by intestate succession and is distributed to the same persons, and in the same proportions, as real estate descends pursuant to § 64.2-200.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":273874,"text":"If there is no other distributee of a decedent’s personal estate, such personal estate shall accrue to the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":16067,"edition_id":1,"name":"Descent and Distribution","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12863,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:04:59","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:04:59","permalink":{"id":272913,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16067,"identifier":"2","token":"64.2\/II\/2","url":"\/64.2\/II\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12863,"edition_id":1,"name":"Wills and Decedents' Estates","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12723,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:57","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:57","permalink":{"id":272911,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12863,"identifier":"II","token":"64.2\/II","url":"\/64.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12723,"edition_id":1,"name":"Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries","identifier":"64.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":272781,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12723,"identifier":"64.2","token":"64.2","url":"\/64.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":63124,"structure_id":16067,"section_number":"64.2-200","catch_line":"Course of descents generally; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1968, chapter 656; in 1978, chapter 647; in 1981, chapter 580; in 1982, chapter 304; in 1983, chapter 320; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":87056,"section_number":"64.2-309","catch_line":"Family allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-309\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272919,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76289,"identifier":"64.2-201","token":"64.2\/II\/2\/64.2-201","url":"\/64.2-201\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-201\/","token":"64.2\/II\/2\/64.2-201","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distribution of personal estate; right of Commonwealth if no other distributee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-201","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The surplus of the personal estate or any part thereof of any decedent, after payment of funeral expenses, charges of administration, and debts, and subject to the provisions of Article 2 (§ 64.2-309<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 3, not effectively disposed of by will<\/span> passes by intestate succession and is distributed to the same persons, and in the same proportions, as real estate descends pursuant to § 64.2-200<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If there is no other distributee of a decedent’s personal estate, such personal estate shall accrue to the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL ESTATE; RIGHT OF COMMONWEALTH IF NO OTHER DISTRIBUTEE\n(\u00a7 64.2-201)\n\nA. The surplus of the personal estate or any part thereof of any decedent, after\npayment of funeral expenses, charges of administration, and debts, and subject\nto the provisions of Article 2 (§ 64.2-309 et seq.) of Chapter 3, not\neffectively disposed of by will passes by intestate succession and is\ndistributed to the same persons, and in the same proportions, as real estate\ndescends pursuant to § 64.2-200.\n\nB. If there is no other distributee of a decedent’s personal estate, such\npersonal estate shall accrue to the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 64-11, 64-12; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7\u00a7 64.1-11, 64.1-12;\n1978, c. 647; 1981, c. 580; 1982, c. 304; 1983, c. 320; 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}}