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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 1985, chapter 431; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78770,"section_number":"64.2-411","catch_line":"Revival of wills after revocation","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-411\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":273171,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57799,"identifier":"64.2-410","token":"64.2\/II\/4\/2\/64.2-410","url":"\/64.2-410\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-410\/","token":"64.2\/II\/4\/2\/64.2-410","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revocation of wills generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-410","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> If a testator with the intent<\/span> to revoke a will<\/span> or codicil, or some person at his direction and in his presence, cuts, tears, burns, obliterates, cancels, or destroys a will<\/span> or codicil, or the signature thereto, or some provision thereof, such will<\/span>, codicil, or provision thereof is void and of no effect. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If a testator executes a will<\/span> in the manner required by law<\/span> or other writing in the manner in which a will<\/span> is required to be executed that expressly revokes a former will<\/span>, such former will<\/span>, including any codicil thereto, is void and of no effect. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If a testator executes a will<\/span> or codicil in the manner required by law<\/span> that (i) expressly revokes a part, but not all, of a former will<\/span> or codicil or (ii) contains provisions inconsistent with a former will<\/span> or codicil, such former will<\/span> or codicil is revoked and superseded to the extent of such express revocation<\/span> or inconsistency if the later will<\/span> or codicil is effective upon the death of the testator. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVOCATION OF WILLS GENERALLY (\u00a7 64.2-410)\n\nA. If a testator with the intent to revoke a will or codicil, or some person at\nhis direction and in his presence, cuts, tears, burns, obliterates, cancels, or\ndestroys a will or codicil, or the signature thereto, or some provision thereof,\nsuch will, codicil, or provision thereof is void and of no effect.\n\nB. If a testator executes a will in the manner required by law or other writing\nin the manner in which a will is required to be executed that expressly revokes\na former will, such former will, including any codicil thereto, is void and of\nno effect.\n\nC. If a testator executes a will or codicil in the manner required by law that\n(i) expressly revokes a part, but not all, of a former will or codicil or (ii)\ncontains provisions inconsistent with a former will or codicil, such former will\nor codicil is revoked and superseded to the extent of such express revocation or\ninconsistency if the later will or codicil is effective upon the death of the\ntestator.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-59; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-58.1; 1985, c. 431; 2012, c.\n614.","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}}