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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":false,"permalink":{"id":275765,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79933,"identifier":"64.2-2208","token":"64.2\/V\/22\/64.2-2208","url":"\/64.2-2208\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2208\/","token":"64.2\/V\/22\/64.2-2208","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effective date","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2208","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An act done before July 1, 1994, in any proceeding and any accrued right is not impaired by this chapter. If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period of time that has commenced to run by the provisions of any statute<\/span> before July 1, 1994, the provisions remain in force with respect to that right.\n\t\tAny rule of construction or presumption<\/span> provided in this chapter applies to instruments executed and multiple-party<\/span> accounts opened before July 1, 1994, unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECTIVE DATE (\u00a7 64.2-2208)\n\nAn act done before July 1, 1994, in any proceeding and any accrued right is not\nimpaired by this chapter. If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon\nthe expiration of a prescribed period of time that has commenced to run by the\nprovisions of any statute before July 1, 1994, the provisions remain in force\nwith respect to that right.\n\t\tAny rule of construction or presumption provided in this chapter applies to\ninstruments executed and multiple-party accounts opened before July 1, 1994,\nunless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 475, \u00a7 64.1-104.9; 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}}