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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 253<\/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":[{"id":54270,"section_number":"32.1-325.02","catch_line":"Determinations of assets; disclaimers of interests to be considered uncompensated transfers of assets for Medicaid eligibility purposes under certain circumstances","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-325.02\/"},{"id":70953,"section_number":"64.2-2023","catch_line":"Estate planning","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2023\/"},{"id":71081,"section_number":"64.2-2727","catch_line":"Disclaimer","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2727\/"},{"id":62180,"section_number":"64.2-633","catch_line":"Disclaimer","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-633\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":275885,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67448,"identifier":"64.2-2600","token":"64.2\/V\/26\/64.2-2600","url":"\/64.2-2600\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2600\/","token":"64.2\/V\/26\/64.2-2600","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2600","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Disclaimant<\/span>” means the person<\/span> to whom a disclaimed interest<\/span> or power would have passed had the disclaimer<\/span> not been made.\n\t\t“Disclaimed interest<\/span>” means the interest that would have passed to the disclaimant<\/span> had the disclaimer<\/span> not been made.\n\t\t“Disclaimer<\/span>” means the refusal to accept an interest in or power over property.\n\t\t“Fiduciary<\/span>” means a personal representative<\/span>, trustee<\/span>, agent acting under a power of attorney<\/span>, or other person<\/span> authorized to act as a fiduciary<\/span> with respect to the property of another person<\/span>.\n\t\t“Jointly held property<\/span>” means property held in the name of two or more persons<\/span> under an arrangement in which all holders have concurrent interests and under which the last surviving holder is entitled to the whole of the property and includes, without limitation, property held as tenants by the entirety.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means an individual, corporation, business trust<\/span>, estate, trust<\/span>, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.\n\t\t“State<\/span>” means a state<\/span> of the United States<\/span>, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States<\/span> Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession<\/span> subject to the jurisdiction<\/span> of the United States<\/span>. The term includes an Indian tribe or band, or Alaskan native village, recognized by federal law<\/span> or formally acknowledged by a state<\/span>.\n\t\t“Trust<\/span>” means (i) an express trust<\/span>, charitable or noncharitable, with additions thereto, whenever and however created; and (ii) a trust<\/span> created pursuant to a statute<\/span>, judgment<\/span>, or decree<\/span>, that requires the trust<\/span> to be administered in the manner of an express trust<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 64.2-2600)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Disclaimant” means the person to whom a disclaimed interest or\npower would have passed had the disclaimer not been made.\n\t\t“Disclaimed interest” means the interest that would have passed to\nthe disclaimant had the disclaimer not been made.\n\t\t“Disclaimer” means the refusal to accept an interest in or power\nover property.\n\t\t“Fiduciary” means a personal representative, trustee, agent acting\nunder a power of attorney, or other person authorized to act as a fiduciary with\nrespect to the property of another person.\n\t\t“Jointly held property” means property held in the name of two or\nmore persons under an arrangement in which all holders have concurrent interests\nand under which the last surviving holder is entitled to the whole of the\nproperty and includes, without limitation, property held as tenants by the\nentirety.\n\t\t“Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate,\ntrust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture,\ngovernment, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public\ncorporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.\n\t\t“State” means a state of the United States, the District of\nColumbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or\ninsular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term\nincludes an Indian tribe or band, or Alaskan native village, recognized by\nfederal law or formally acknowledged by a state.\n\t\t“Trust” means (i) an express trust, charitable or noncharitable,\nwith additions thereto, whenever and however created; and (ii) a trust created\npursuant to a statute, judgment, or decree, that requires the trust to be\nadministered in the manner of an express trust.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 253, \u00a7 64.1-196.1; 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}}