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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1968, chapter 656; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 266<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67027,"section_number":"64.2-403","catch_line":"Execution of wills; requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-403\/"}],"permalink":{"id":273157,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55752,"identifier":"64.2-407","token":"64.2\/II\/4\/1\/64.2-407","url":"\/64.2-407\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-407\/","token":"64.2\/II\/4\/1\/64.2-407","dublin_core":{"Title":"Will of personal estate of nonresidents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-407","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 64.2-403<\/a>, the will<\/span> of a person domiciled out of the Commonwealth at the time of his death shall be valid as to personal property in the Commonwealth if the will<\/span> is executed according to the law<\/span> of the state or country in which the person was so domiciled.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWILL OF PERSONAL ESTATE OF NONRESIDENTS (\u00a7 64.2-407)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 64.2-403, the will of a person domiciled\nout of the Commonwealth at the time of his death shall be valid as to personal\nproperty in the Commonwealth if the will is executed according to the law of the\nstate or country in which the person was so domiciled.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-55; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-53; 2012, c. 614; 2016, c.\n266.","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}}