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The stocks, bonds<\/span>, or evidences<\/span> of indebtedness issued by (i) the Commonwealth or any corporation created by the Commonwealth or (ii) any national bank or any other corporation created pursuant to federal law<\/span> that has its principal office in the Commonwealth that are held in the name of a decedent domiciled outside of the Commonwealth at the time of his death and who is not known by the officer or agent charged with the duty of transferring such stocks, bonds<\/span>, or evidences<\/span> of indebtedness to have a personal representative<\/span> qualified as such within the Commonwealth, may be transferred by the executor or administrator of the decedent qualified according to the laws<\/span> of the decedent’s domicile.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFER OF SECURITIES OF NONRESIDENT DECEDENTS (\u00a7 64.2-608)\n\nThe stocks, bonds, or evidences of indebtedness issued by (i) the Commonwealth\nor any corporation created by the Commonwealth or (ii) any national bank or any\nother corporation created pursuant to federal law that has its principal office\nin the Commonwealth that are held in the name of a decedent domiciled outside of\nthe Commonwealth at the time of his death and who is not known by the officer or\nagent charged with the duty of transferring such stocks, bonds, or evidences of\nindebtedness to have a personal representative qualified as such within the\nCommonwealth, may be transferred by the executor or administrator of the\ndecedent qualified according to the laws of the decedent’s domicile.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-122; 1950, c. 895; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-129; 2012, c.\n614.","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}}