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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 2 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 2008, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0822\">822<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0830\">830<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0614\">614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":275839,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55277,"identifier":"64.2-2501","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2501","url":"\/64.2-2501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2501\/","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Slayer not to acquire property as result of slaying","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">slayer<\/span>, or any transferee, assignee, or other person claiming through the <span class=\"dictionary\">slayer<\/span>, shall not in any way acquire any <span class=\"dictionary\">property<\/span> or receive any benefits as the result of the death of the <span class=\"dictionary\">decedent<\/span>, but such <span class=\"dictionary\">property<\/span> or benefits shall pass as provided in this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSLAYER NOT TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AS RESULT OF SLAYING (\u00a7 64.2-2501)\n\nA slayer, or any transferee, assignee, or other person claiming through the\nslayer, shall not in any way acquire any property or receive any benefits as the\nresult of the death of the decedent, but such property or benefits shall pass as\nprovided in this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 469, \u00a7 55-402; 2008, cc. 822, 830l; 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}}