{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/64.2-2101.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/64.2-2101.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/64.2-2101.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/64.2-2101.html"}],"law_id":64615,"edition_id":1,"section_id":64615,"structure_id":16190,"section_number":"64.2-2101","catch_line":"International application of chapter","history":"2011, c. 518, \u00a7 37.2-1033; 2012, c. 614.","full_text":"A court of the Commonwealth may treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of applying this article and Articles 2 (\u00a7 64.2-2105 et seq.), 3 (\u00a7 64.2-2114 et seq.), and 5 (\u00a7 64.2-2119 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":235173,"text":"A court of the Commonwealth may treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of applying this article and Articles 2 (\u00a7 64.2-2105 et seq.), 3 (\u00a7 64.2-2114 et seq.), and 5 (\u00a7 64.2-2119 et seq.).","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":16190,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":5,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13960,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:08:35","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:08:35","permalink":{"id":275635,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16190,"identifier":"1","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1","url":"\/64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13960,"edition_id":1,"name":"Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13266,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:26","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:26","permalink":{"id":275633,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13960,"identifier":"21","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21","url":"\/64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13266,"edition_id":1,"name":"Guardianship of Incapacitated Persons","identifier":"D","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12905,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:33","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:33","permalink":{"id":275493,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13266,"identifier":"D","token":"64.2\/IV\/D","url":"\/64.2\/IV\/D\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12905,"edition_id":1,"name":"Fiduciaries and Guardians","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12723,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:00","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:00","permalink":{"id":274813,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12905,"identifier":"IV","token":"64.2\/IV","url":"\/64.2\/IV\/","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":77383,"structure_id":16190,"section_number":"64.2-2100","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/64.2-2100\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1\/64.2-2100","metadata":false},{"id":64615,"structure_id":16190,"section_number":"64.2-2101","catch_line":"International application of chapter","url":"\/64.2-2101\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1\/64.2-2101","metadata":false},{"id":68473,"structure_id":16190,"section_number":"64.2-2102","catch_line":"Communication between courts","url":"\/64.2-2102\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1\/64.2-2102","metadata":false},{"id":84102,"structure_id":16190,"section_number":"64.2-2103","catch_line":"Cooperation between courts","url":"\/64.2-2103\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1\/64.2-2103","metadata":false},{"id":72670,"structure_id":16190,"section_number":"64.2-2104","catch_line":"Taking testimony in another state","url":"\/64.2-2104\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1\/64.2-2104","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":77383,"structure_id":16190,"section_number":"64.2-2100","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/64.2-2100\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1\/64.2-2100","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":68473,"structure_id":16190,"section_number":"64.2-2102","catch_line":"Communication between courts","url":"\/64.2-2102\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1\/64.2-2102","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/64.2-2101\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0518\">518<\/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":[{"id":67419,"section_number":"64.2-2105","catch_line":"Definitions; significant connection factors","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2105\/"},{"id":81003,"section_number":"64.2-2114","catch_line":"Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to another state","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2114\/"},{"id":80127,"section_number":"64.2-2119","catch_line":"Uniformity of application and construction","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2119\/"}],"permalink":{"id":275641,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64615,"identifier":"64.2-2101","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1\/64.2-2101","url":"\/64.2-2101\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2101\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/1\/64.2-2101","dublin_core":{"Title":"International application of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the Commonwealth may treat a foreign country as if it were a <span class=\"dictionary\">state<\/span> for the purpose of applying this article and Articles 2 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions; significant connection factors\" href=\"\/64.2-2105\/\">64.2-2105<\/a> et seq.), 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to another state\" href=\"\/64.2-2114\/\">64.2-2114<\/a> et seq.), and 5 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Uniformity of application and construction\" href=\"\/64.2-2119\/\">64.2-2119<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERNATIONAL APPLICATION OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 64.2-2101)\n\nA court of the Commonwealth may treat a foreign country as if it were a state\nfor the purpose of applying this article and Articles 2 (\u00a7 64.2-2105 et seq.),\n3 (\u00a7 64.2-2114 et seq.), and 5 (\u00a7 64.2-2119 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 518, \u00a7 37.2-1033; 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}}