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If any person to whom such an affidavit is presented refuses to pay or deliver any small asset, it may be recovered, or its payment or delivery compelled, and damages may be recovered, on proof of rightful claim in a proceeding brought for that purpose by or on behalf of the person entitled thereto. Any person to whom payment or delivery of a small asset has been made is answerable and accountable therefor to any personal representative of the decedent’s estate or to any other successor having an equal or superior right.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":198448,"text":"Any person paying or delivering a small asset pursuant to \u00a7 64.2-601 or 64.2-602 is discharged and released to the same extent as if that person dealt with the personal representative of the decedent. Such person is not required to see the application of the small asset or to inquire into the truth of any statement in any affidavit presented pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7 64.2-601. If any person to whom such an affidavit is presented refuses to pay or deliver any small asset, it may be recovered, or its payment or delivery compelled, and damages may be recovered, on proof of rightful claim in a proceeding brought for that purpose by or on behalf of the person entitled thereto. 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 281 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 2010, chapter 269<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57425,"section_number":"64.2-601","catch_line":"Payment or delivery of small asset by affidavit","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-601\/"},{"id":70982,"section_number":"64.2-602","catch_line":"Payment or delivery of small asset valued at $35,000 or less without affidavit","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-602\/"}],"permalink":{"id":273659,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54060,"identifier":"64.2-603","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/1\/64.2-603","url":"\/64.2-603\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-603\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/1\/64.2-603","dublin_core":{"Title":"Discharge and release of payor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-603","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> paying or delivering a small asset<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 64.2-601<\/a> or 64.2-602<\/a> is discharged and released to the same extent as if that person<\/span> dealt with the personal representative<\/span> of the decedent. Such person<\/span> is not required to see the application of the small asset<\/span> or to inquire into the truth of any statement in any affidavit<\/span> presented pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7 64.2-601<\/a>. If any person<\/span> to whom such an affidavit<\/span> is presented refuses to pay or deliver any small asset<\/span>, it may be recovered, or its payment or delivery compelled, and damages<\/span> may be recovered, on proof of rightful claim in a proceeding brought for that purpose by or on behalf of the person<\/span> entitled thereto. Any person<\/span> to whom payment or delivery of a small asset<\/span> has been made is answerable and accountable therefor to any personal representative<\/span> of the decedent’s estate or to any other successor<\/span> having an equal or superior right.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCHARGE AND RELEASE OF PAYOR (\u00a7 64.2-603)\n\nAny person paying or delivering a small asset pursuant to \u00a7 64.2-601 or\n64.2-602 is discharged and released to the same extent as if that person dealt\nwith the personal representative of the decedent. Such person is not required to\nsee the application of the small asset or to inquire into the truth of any\nstatement in any affidavit presented pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7 64.2-601. If\nany person to whom such an affidavit is presented refuses to pay or deliver any\nsmall asset, it may be recovered, or its payment or delivery compelled, and\ndamages may be recovered, on proof of rightful claim in a proceeding brought for\nthat purpose by or on behalf of the person entitled thereto. Any person to whom\npayment or delivery of a small asset has been made is answerable and accountable\ntherefor to any personal representative of the decedent’s estate or to any\nother successor having an equal or superior right.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 281, \u00a7 64.1-132.4; 2010, c. 269; 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}}