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The title of a bona fide purchaser<\/span> without notice from the devisee, or from the personal representative<\/span> with power to sell, encumber, lease, or exchange, under the will<\/span> of a person who has died heretofore, or may die hereafter, having title to any real estate of inheritance in the Commonwealth, shall not be affected by any other devise of such real estate made by the testator in another will<\/span>, unless within one year after the testator’s death such other will<\/span> or, if such other 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; LATER\nWILL (\u00a7 64.2-457)\n\nThe title of a bona fide purchaser without notice from the devisee, or from the\npersonal representative with power to sell, encumber, lease, or exchange, under\nthe will of a person who has died heretofore, or may die hereafter, having title\nto any real estate of inheritance in the Commonwealth, shall not be affected by\nany other devise of such real estate made by the testator in another will,\nunless within one year after the testator’s death such other will or, if\nsuch other will has been probated outside of the Commonwealth, an authenticated\ncopy thereof and the certificate of probate shall be filed for probate before\nthe court or clerk having jurisdiction for that purpose and shall afterwards be\nadmitted to probate and recorded in the proper court or clerk’s office as\na will of real estate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-92; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-96; 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}}