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(ii) money due or to become due under the instrument ceases to be payable in the event of death of the promisee or the promisor before payment or demand; or (iii) any property controlled by or owned by the decedent before death that is the subject of the instrument passes to a person the decedent designates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will, executed either before or at the same time as the instrument, or later.B\n\nThis section does not limit rights of creditors under other laws of the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":246813,"text":"A provision for a nonprobate transfer on death in an insurance policy, contract of employment, bond, mortgage, promissory note, certificated or uncertificated security, account agreement, custodial agreement, deposit agreement, compensation plan, pension plan, individual retirement plan, employee benefit plan, trust, conveyance, deed of gift, marital property agreement, or other written instrument of a similar nature is nontestamentary.\n\t\t\tNontestamentary transfers also include writings stating that (i) money or other benefits due to, controlled by, or owned by a decedent before death shall be paid after the decedent’s death to a person whom the decedent designates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will, executed either before or at the same time as the instrument, or later; (ii) money due or to become due under the instrument ceases to be payable in the event of death of the promisee or the promisor before payment or demand; or (iii) any property controlled by or owned by the decedent before death that is the subject of the instrument passes to a person the decedent designates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will, executed either before or at the same time as the instrument, or later.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":246814,"text":"This section does not limit rights of creditors under other laws of the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":16414,"edition_id":1,"name":"Nonprobate Transfers on Death","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12970,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:17:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:17:14","permalink":{"id":273731,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16414,"identifier":"4","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/4","url":"\/64.2\/II\/6\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12970,"edition_id":1,"name":"Transfers Without Qualification","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12863,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","permalink":{"id":273643,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12970,"identifier":"6","token":"64.2\/II\/6","url":"\/64.2\/II\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12863,"edition_id":1,"name":"Wills and Decedents' Estates","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12723,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:57","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:57","permalink":{"id":272911,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12863,"identifier":"II","token":"64.2\/II","url":"\/64.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12723,"edition_id":1,"name":"Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries","identifier":"64.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":272781,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12723,"identifier":"64.2","token":"64.2","url":"\/64.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":68189,"structure_id":16414,"section_number":"64.2-620","catch_line":"Nonprobate transfers on death","url":"\/64.2-620\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/4\/64.2-620","metadata":false}],"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/64.2-620\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 583<\/a> 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67654,"section_number":"32.1-309.2","catch_line":"Disposition of unclaimed dead body; how expenses paid","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-309.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":273733,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68189,"identifier":"64.2-620","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/4\/64.2-620","url":"\/64.2-620\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-620\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/4\/64.2-620","dublin_core":{"Title":"Nonprobate transfers on death","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-620","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A provision for a nonprobate transfer on death in an insurance policy, contract<\/span> of employment, bond<\/span>, mortgage, promissory note, certificated or uncertificated security, account agreement, custodial agreement, deposit agreement, compensation plan, pension plan, individual retirement plan, employee benefit plan, trust, conveyance, deed of gift, marital property agreement, or other written instrument of a similar nature is nontestamentary.\n\t\t\tNontestamentary transfers also include writings stating that (i) money or other benefits due to, controlled by, or owned by a decedent before death shall be paid after the decedent’s death to a person whom the decedent designates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will<\/span>, executed either before or at the same time as the instrument, or later; (ii) money due or to become due under the instrument ceases to be payable in the event of death of the promisee or the promisor before payment or demand; or (iii) any property controlled by or owned by the decedent before death that is the subject of the instrument passes to a person the decedent designates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will<\/span>, executed either before or at the same time as the instrument, or later. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> This section does not limit rights of creditors<\/span> under other laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNONPROBATE TRANSFERS ON DEATH (\u00a7 64.2-620)\n\nA. A provision for a nonprobate transfer on death in an insurance policy,\ncontract of employment, bond, mortgage, promissory note, certificated or\nuncertificated security, account agreement, custodial agreement, deposit\nagreement, compensation plan, pension plan, individual retirement plan, employee\nbenefit plan, trust, conveyance, deed of gift, marital property agreement, or\nother written instrument of a similar nature is nontestamentary.\n\t\t\tNontestamentary transfers also include writings stating that (i) money or\nother benefits due to, controlled by, or owned by a decedent before death shall\nbe paid after the decedent’s death to a person whom the decedent\ndesignates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will,\nexecuted either before or at the same time as the instrument, or later; (ii)\nmoney due or to become due under the instrument ceases to be payable in the\nevent of death of the promisee or the promisor before payment or demand; or\n(iii) any property controlled by or owned by the decedent before death that is\nthe subject of the instrument passes to a person the decedent designates either\nin the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will, executed either\nbefore or at the same time as the instrument, or later.\n\nB. This section does not limit rights of creditors under other laws of the\nCommonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 583, \u00a7 64.1-45.3; 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}}