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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 469 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. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1987, chapter 498; in 2008, chapters 822<\/a> and 830<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81858,"section_number":"64.2-632","catch_line":"Effect of transfer on death deed at transferor's death","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-632\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":275835,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63031,"identifier":"64.2-2500","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2500","url":"\/64.2-2500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2500\/","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Decedent<\/span>” means any person whose life has been taken as a result of murder<\/span> or voluntary manslaughter<\/span>.\n\t\t“Property<\/span>” includes any real and personal property<\/span> and any right or interest therein.\n\t\t“Slayer<\/span>” means any person (i) who is convicted of the murder<\/span> or voluntary manslaughter<\/span> of the decedent<\/span> or, (ii) in the absence of such conviction<\/span>, who is determined, whether before or after his death, by a court<\/span> of appropriate jurisdiction<\/span> by a preponderance of the evidence<\/span> to have committed one of the offenses<\/span> listed in clause (i) resulting in the death of the decedent<\/span>. For the purposes of clause (ii), the party<\/span> seeking to establish that a decedent<\/span> was slain by such person shall have the burden of proof<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 64.2-2500)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Decedent” means any person whose life has been taken as a result\nof murder or voluntary manslaughter.\n\t\t“Property” includes any real and personal property and any right\nor interest therein.\n\t\t“Slayer” means any person (i) who is convicted of the murder or\nvoluntary manslaughter of the decedent or, (ii) in the absence of such\nconviction, who is determined, whether before or after his death, by a court of\nappropriate jurisdiction by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed\none of the offenses listed in clause (i) resulting in the death of the decedent.\nFor the purposes of clause (ii), the party seeking to establish that a decedent\nwas slain by such person shall have the burden of proof.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 469, \u00a7 55-401; 1987, c. 498; 2008, cc. 822, 830; 2012, c.\n614.","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}}