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A will shall be offered for probate in the circuit court in the county or city wherein the decedent has a known place of residence; if he has no such known place of residence, then in a county or city wherein any real estate lies that is devised or owned by the decedent; and if there is no such real estate, then in the county or city wherein he dies or a county or city wherein he has estate.B\n\nWhere any person has become, either voluntarily or involuntarily, a patient in a nursing home, convalescent home, or similar institution due to advanced age or impaired health, the place of legal residence of the person shall be rebuttably presumed to be the same as it was before he became a patient.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":258942,"text":"The circuit courts shall have jurisdiction of the probate of wills. 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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 1966, chapter 330; in 1968, chapter 656; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71864,"section_number":"64.2-2206","catch_line":"Protection of payors, bona fide purchasers, and other third parties; personal liability of recipient","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2206\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":273309,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71870,"identifier":"64.2-443","token":"64.2\/II\/4\/5\/64.2-443","url":"\/64.2-443\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-443\/","token":"64.2\/II\/4\/5\/64.2-443","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction of probate of wills","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-443","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The circuit<\/span> courts<\/span> shall have jurisdiction<\/span> of the probate of wills<\/span>. A will<\/span> shall be offered for probate in the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in the county or city wherein the decedent has a known place of residence; if he has no such known place of residence, then in a county or city wherein any real estate lies that is devised or owned by the decedent; and if there is no such real estate, then in the county or city wherein he dies or a county or city wherein he has estate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Where any person has become, either voluntarily or involuntarily, a patient in a nursing home, convalescent home, or similar institution due to advanced age or impaired health, the place of legal residence of the person shall be rebuttably presumed to be the same as it was before he became a patient. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION OF PROBATE OF WILLS (\u00a7 64.2-443)\n\nA. The circuit courts shall have jurisdiction of the probate of wills. A will\nshall be offered for probate in the circuit court in the county or city wherein\nthe decedent has a known place of residence; if he has no such known place of\nresidence, then in a county or city wherein any real estate lies that is devised\nor owned by the decedent; and if there is no such real estate, then in the\ncounty or city wherein he dies or a county or city wherein he has estate.\n\nB. Where any person has become, either voluntarily or involuntarily, a patient\nin a nursing home, convalescent home, or similar institution due to advanced age\nor impaired health, the place of legal residence of the person shall be\nrebuttably presumed to be the same as it was before he became a patient.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 64-72, 64-72.1; 1966, c. 330; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7\u00a7\n64.1-75, 64.1-76; 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}}