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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1962, chapter 115; in 1968, chapter 656; in 1996, chapters 675<\/a> and 684<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 351<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66826,"section_number":"64.2-2307","catch_line":"Revocation of determination of death; effect on previous acts; title of purchasers","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2307\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":275795,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86873,"identifier":"64.2-2306","token":"64.2\/V\/23\/64.2-2306","url":"\/64.2-2306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2306\/","token":"64.2\/V\/23\/64.2-2306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distribution of property; refunding bond","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Before any distribution of the proceeds of the estate of a person determined to be dead pursuant to this chapter or the payment or transfer of any of his other property is made, and before the sale of any real or personal property passing in kind by persons claiming such property as heirs at law<\/span>, devisees, next of kin, legatees, beneficiaries, survivors, or other successors in interest, the persons entitled to receive such proceeds or property in kind shall give a refunding bond<\/span> without surety<\/span> upon condition that if the person determined to be dead is in fact<\/span> alive at that time, they will<\/span> respectively refund to such person the proceeds or property, or proceeds of such property, received by each on demand, without interest thereon.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY; REFUNDING BOND (\u00a7 64.2-2306)\n\nBefore any distribution of the proceeds of the estate of a person determined to\nbe dead pursuant to this chapter or the payment or transfer of any of his other\nproperty is made, and before the sale of any real or personal property passing\nin kind by persons claiming such property as heirs at law, devisees, next of\nkin, legatees, beneficiaries, survivors, or other successors in interest, the\npersons entitled to receive such proceeds or property in kind shall give a\nrefunding bond without surety upon condition that if the person determined to be\ndead is in fact alive at that time, they will respectively refund to such person\nthe proceeds or property, or proceeds of such property, received by each on\ndemand, without interest thereon.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-108; 1962, c. 115; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-112; 1996,\ncc. 675, 684; 2006, c. 351; 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}}