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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67136,"section_number":"64.2-530","catch_line":"Lien acquired during lifetime of decedent not affected","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-530\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":273515,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56819,"identifier":"64.2-529","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/5\/64.2-529","url":"\/64.2-529\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-529\/","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/5\/64.2-529","dublin_core":{"Title":"Creditors to be paid in order of their classification; class paid ratably; when representative not liable for paying debt","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-529","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No payment shall be made to creditors<\/span> of any one class until all those of the preceding class have been fully paid, and if the assets<\/span> are not sufficient to pay all the creditors<\/span> of any one class, the creditors<\/span> of such class shall be paid ratably; but a personal representative<\/span> who, after 12 months from his qualification, pays a debt or demand of his decedent is not personally liable for any debt or demand against the decedent of an equal or superior class, whether it is of record or not, unless he had notice of such debt or demand before making such payment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREDITORS TO BE PAID IN ORDER OF THEIR CLASSIFICATION; CLASS PAID RATABLY; WHEN\nREPRESENTATIVE NOT LIABLE FOR PAYING DEBT (\u00a7 64.2-529)\n\nNo payment shall be made to creditors of any one class until all those of the\npreceding class have been fully paid, and if the assets are not sufficient to\npay all the creditors of any one class, the creditors of such class shall be\npaid ratably; but a personal representative who, after 12 months from his\nqualification, pays a debt or demand of his decedent is not personally liable\nfor any debt or demand against the decedent of an equal or superior class,\nwhether it is of record or not, unless he had notice of such debt or demand\nbefore making such payment.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-148; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-158; 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}}