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The title of a bona fide purchaser<\/span> without notice from the heir at law<\/span> of a person who has died heretofore, or who may die hereafter, having title to any real estate of inheritance in the Commonwealth, shall not be affected by a devise of such real estate made by the decedent, unless within one year after the testator’s death the will<\/span> devising the same or, if such will<\/span> has been probated outside of the Commonwealth, an authenticated copy thereof and the certificate of probate shall be filed for probate before the court<\/span> or clerk having jurisdiction<\/span> for that purpose and shall afterwards be admitted to probate and recorded in the proper court<\/span> or clerk’s office as a will<\/span> of real estate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBONA FIDE PURCHASER OF REAL ESTATE WITHOUT NOTICE OF DEVISE PROTECTED (\u00a7\n64.2-456)\n\nThe title of a bona fide purchaser without notice from the heir at law of a\nperson who has died heretofore, or who may die hereafter, having title to any\nreal estate of inheritance in the Commonwealth, shall not be affected by a\ndevise of such real estate made by the decedent, unless within one year after\nthe testator’s death the will devising the same or, if such will has been\nprobated outside of the Commonwealth, an authenticated copy thereof and the\ncertificate of probate shall be filed for probate before the court or clerk\nhaving jurisdiction for that purpose and shall afterwards be admitted to probate\nand recorded in the proper court or clerk’s office as a will of real\nestate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-91; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-95; 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}}