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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 475<\/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 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55065,"section_number":"64.2-2205","catch_line":"Exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2205\/"}],"permalink":{"id":275741,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74764,"identifier":"64.2-2202","token":"64.2\/V\/22\/64.2-2202","url":"\/64.2-2202\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2202\/","token":"64.2\/V\/22\/64.2-2202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requirement of survival by 120 hours under donative dispositions in governing instruments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as provided in \u00a7 64.2-2205<\/a> for purposes of a donative provision of a governing instrument<\/span>, an individual who is not established by clear and convincing evidence<\/span> to have survived an event, including the death of another individual, by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the event.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIREMENT OF SURVIVAL BY 120 HOURS UNDER DONATIVE DISPOSITIONS IN GOVERNING\nINSTRUMENTS (\u00a7 64.2-2202)\n\nExcept as provided in \u00a7 64.2-2205 for purposes of a donative provision of a\ngoverning instrument, an individual who is not established by clear and\nconvincing evidence to have survived an event, including the death of another\nindividual, by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the event.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 475, \u00a7 64.1-104.3; 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}}