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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0266\">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":276067,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69940,"identifier":"64.2-2731","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/4\/64.2-2731","url":"\/64.2-2731\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2731\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/4\/64.2-2731","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revocation or amendment of release","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2731","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span> may revoke or <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> a release of a <span class=\"dictionary\">power of appointment<\/span> only to the extent that:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">instrument<\/span> of release is revocable by the <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-252701\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-2731\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span> reserves a power of <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span> or amendment in the <span class=\"dictionary\">instrument<\/span> of release. <a id=\"paragraph-252702\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-2731\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVOCATION OR AMENDMENT OF RELEASE (\u00a7 64.2-2731)\n\nA powerholder may revoke or amend a release of a power of appointment only to\nthe extent that:\n\n1. The instrument of release is revocable by the powerholder; or\n\n2. The powerholder reserves a power of revocation or amendment in the instrument\nof release.\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}}