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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 266<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":276059,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78620,"identifier":"64.2-2729","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/4\/64.2-2729","url":"\/64.2-2729\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2729\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/4\/64.2-2729","dublin_core":{"Title":"Method of release","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2729","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A powerholder<\/span> of a releasable power of appointment<\/span> may release the power in whole or in part:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> By substantial compliance with a method provided in the terms of the instrument<\/span> creating the power; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> If the terms of the instrument<\/span> creating the power do not provide a method or the method provided in the terms of the instrument<\/span> is not expressly made exclusive, by a record<\/span> manifesting the powerholder<\/span>’s intent<\/span> by clear and convincing evidence<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMETHOD OF RELEASE (\u00a7 64.2-2729)\n\nA powerholder of a releasable power of appointment may release the power in\nwhole or in part:\n\n1. By substantial compliance with a method provided in the terms of the\ninstrument creating the power; or\n\n2. If the terms of the instrument creating the power do not provide a method or\nthe method provided in the terms of the instrument is not expressly made\nexclusive, by a record manifesting the powerholder’s intent by clear and\nconvincing evidence.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 266.","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}}