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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":82983,"section_number":"64.2-534","catch_line":"Liability of heir or devisee for value of real estate sold and conveyed; validity of premature conveyances","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-534\/"},{"id":76405,"section_number":"64.2-535","catch_line":"When sale and conveyance within one year valid against creditors; proceeds paid to special commissioner; bond to obtain proceeds","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-535\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":85677,"section_number":"64.2-528","catch_line":"Order in which debts and demands of decedents to be paid","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-528\/"}],"permalink":{"id":273529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79038,"identifier":"64.2-532","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/6\/64.2-532","url":"\/64.2-532\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-532\/","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/6\/64.2-532","dublin_core":{"Title":"Real estate of decedent as assets for payment of debts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-532","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a decedent’s personal estate is insufficient to satisfy the decedent’s debts and lawful demands against his estate, all real estate of the decedent, including such real estate that remains after satisfying the debts with which the real estate was charged or was subject to under the decedent’s will<\/span>, are assets<\/span> for the payment of the decedent’s debts and all lawful demands against his estate. A decedent’s real estate shall be applied to his debts and lawful demands against his estate in the same order<\/span> that the personal estate of a decedent is applied pursuant to \u00a7 64.2-528<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREAL ESTATE OF DECEDENT AS ASSETS FOR PAYMENT OF DEBTS (\u00a7 64.2-532)\n\nIf a decedent’s personal estate is insufficient to satisfy the\ndecedent’s debts and lawful demands against his estate, all real estate of\nthe decedent, including such real estate that remains after satisfying the debts\nwith which the real estate was charged or was subject to under the\ndecedent’s will, are assets for the payment of the decedent’s debts\nand all lawful demands against his estate. A decedent’s real estate shall\nbe applied to his debts and lawful demands against his estate in the same order\nthat the personal estate of a decedent is applied pursuant to \u00a7 64.2-528.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-171; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-181; 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}}