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After the 90-day period, the person, firm, or corporation shall pay over or deliver on demand such portion of the assets for which the person, firm, or corporation has received no legal notice of any lien or encumbrance to an executor, administrator, or other personal representative, qualified according to the laws of the decedent’s domicile if the value of such assets in the Commonwealth is, to the knowledge of the person holding or owing such assets, less than $35,000. When the value of such stocks, bonds, securities, money, debts, tangible personal property, and choses in action is $35,000 or more, the holder may pay or deliver such assets to an executor, administrator, or other personal representative, qualified in accordance with the law of the decedent’s domicile, 30 days after the holder gives public notice of his intention to make such a transfer by publication thereof once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, town, or county wherein the holder resides or has his principal place of business, provided that at the time of such payment or delivery, the holder has no actual notice of the appointment of a personal representative for such decedent in the Commonwealth and has received no legal notice of any lien or encumbrance upon such assets.B\n\nThis section shall be construed as providing, as to the payment of money and the delivery of personal property belonging to nonresident decedents or their estates, optional methods of procedure in addition to those otherwise permitted or provided by law, including a comparable law of the state in which the nonresident decedents were domiciled, and shall not as to such matters add any limitations or restrictions to existing law.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":275341,"text":"When any person, at the time of his death domiciled outside of the Commonwealth, owned stocks, bonds, securities, money, or tangible personal property located in the Commonwealth or was entitled to any debts, choses in action, or tangible personal property in the Commonwealth, the person, firm, or corporation holding such stocks, bonds, securities, money, debts, tangible personal property, and choses in action shall retain such assets for 90 days from the death of such decedent. After the 90-day period, the person, firm, or corporation shall pay over or deliver on demand such portion of the assets for which the person, firm, or corporation has received no legal notice of any lien or encumbrance to an executor, administrator, or other personal representative, qualified according to the laws of the decedent’s domicile if the value of such assets in the Commonwealth is, to the knowledge of the person holding or owing such assets, less than $35,000. When the value of such stocks, bonds, securities, money, debts, tangible personal property, and choses in action is $35,000 or more, the holder may pay or deliver such assets to an executor, administrator, or other personal representative, qualified in accordance with the law of the decedent’s domicile, 30 days after the holder gives public notice of his intention to make such a transfer by publication thereof once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, town, or county wherein the holder resides or has his principal place of business, provided that at the time of such payment or delivery, the holder has no actual notice of the appointment of a personal representative for such decedent in the Commonwealth and has received no legal notice of any lien or encumbrance upon such assets.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":275342,"text":"This section shall be 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 10 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 1956, chapter 536; in 1968, chapter 656; in 1970, chapter 244; in 1988, chapter 370; in 1996, chapter 549<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 368<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 250<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 532<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 148<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71442,"section_number":"6.2-893","catch_line":"Payment of balance of deceased person or person under disability","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-893\/"},{"id":65308,"section_number":"64.2-1426","catch_line":"Nonresident fiduciaries","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1426\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":273685,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76699,"identifier":"64.2-609","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/2\/64.2-609","url":"\/64.2-609\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-609\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/2\/64.2-609","dublin_core":{"Title":"Money and personal property belonging to nonresident decedents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> When any person, at the time of his death domiciled outside of the Commonwealth, owned stocks, bonds<\/span>, securities, money, or tangible personal property located in the Commonwealth or was entitled to any debts, choses in action, or tangible personal property in the Commonwealth, the person, firm, or corporation holding such stocks, bonds<\/span>, securities, money, debts, tangible personal property, and choses in action shall retain such assets<\/span> for 90 days from the death of such decedent. After the 90-day period, the person, firm, or corporation shall pay over or deliver on demand such portion of the assets<\/span> for which the person, firm, or corporation has received no legal notice of any lien<\/span> or encumbrance to an executor, administrator, or other personal representative<\/span>, qualified according to the laws<\/span> of the decedent’s domicile if the value<\/span> of such assets<\/span> in the Commonwealth is, to the knowledge of the person holding or owing such assets<\/span>, less than $35,000. When the value<\/span> of such stocks, bonds<\/span>, securities, money, debts, tangible personal property, and choses in action is $35,000 or more, the holder may pay or deliver such assets<\/span> to an executor, administrator, or other personal representative<\/span>, qualified in accordance with the law<\/span> of the decedent’s domicile, 30 days after the holder gives public notice of his intention to make such a transfer by publication thereof once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, town, or county wherein the holder resides or has his principal place of business, provided that at the time of such payment or delivery, the holder has no actual notice of the appointment of a personal representative<\/span> for such decedent in the Commonwealth and has received no legal notice of any lien<\/span> or encumbrance upon such assets<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> This section shall be construed as providing, as to the payment of money and the delivery of personal property belonging to nonresident decedents or their estates, optional methods of procedure in addition to those otherwise permitted or provided by law<\/span>, including a comparable law<\/span> of the state in which the nonresident decedents were domiciled, and shall not as to such matters add any limitations or restrictions to existing law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMONEY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY BELONGING TO NONRESIDENT DECEDENTS (\u00a7 64.2-609)\n\nA. When any person, at the time of his death domiciled outside of the\nCommonwealth, owned stocks, bonds, securities, money, or tangible personal\nproperty located in the Commonwealth or was entitled to any debts, choses in\naction, or tangible personal property in the Commonwealth, the person, firm, or\ncorporation holding such stocks, bonds, securities, money, debts, tangible\npersonal property, and choses in action shall retain such assets for 90 days\nfrom the death of such decedent. After the 90-day period, the person, firm, or\ncorporation shall pay over or deliver on demand such portion of the assets for\nwhich the person, firm, or corporation has received no legal notice of any lien\nor encumbrance to an executor, administrator, or other personal representative,\nqualified according to the laws of the decedent’s domicile if the value of\nsuch assets in the Commonwealth is, to the knowledge of the person holding or\nowing such assets, less than $35,000. When the value of such stocks, bonds,\nsecurities, money, debts, tangible personal property, and choses in action is\n$35,000 or more, the holder may pay or deliver such assets to an executor,\nadministrator, or other personal representative, qualified in accordance with\nthe law of the decedent’s domicile, 30 days after the holder gives public\nnotice of his intention to make such a transfer by publication thereof once a\nweek for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the\ncity, town, or county wherein the holder resides or has his principal place of\nbusiness, provided that at the time of such payment or delivery, the holder has\nno actual notice of the appointment of a personal representative for such\ndecedent in the Commonwealth and has received no legal notice of any lien or\nencumbrance upon such assets.\n\nB. This section shall be construed as providing, as to the payment of money and\nthe delivery of personal property belonging to nonresident decedents or their\nestates, optional methods of procedure in addition to those otherwise permitted\nor provided by law, including a comparable law of the state in which the\nnonresident decedents were domiciled, and shall not as to such matters add any\nlimitations or restrictions to existing law.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-123; 1956, c. 536; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-130; 1970, c.\n244; 1988, c. 370; 1996, c. 549; 2001, c. 368; 2009, c. 250; 2012, c. 614; 2014,\nc. 532; 2025, c. 148.","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}}