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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0390\">390<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":273779,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79151,"identifier":"64.2-631","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/5\/64.2-631","url":"\/64.2-631\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-631\/","token":"64.2\/II\/6\/5\/64.2-631","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of transfer on death deed during transferor&#8217;s life","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-631","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>During a <span class=\"dictionary\">transferor<\/span>&#8217;s life, a <span class=\"dictionary\">transfer on death deed<\/span> does not:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Affect an interest or right of the <span class=\"dictionary\">transferor<\/span> or any other owner, including the right to transfer or encumber the <span class=\"dictionary\">property<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-283456\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-631\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Affect an interest or right of a transferee, even if the transferee has actual or constructive notice of the deed; <a id=\"paragraph-283457\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-631\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Affect an interest or right of a secured or unsecured <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span> or future <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">transferor<\/span>, even if the <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span> has actual or constructive notice of the deed; <a id=\"paragraph-283458\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-631\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Affect the <span class=\"dictionary\">transferor<\/span>&#8217;s or <span class=\"dictionary\">designated beneficiary<\/span>&#8217;s eligibility for any form of public assistance; <a id=\"paragraph-283459\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-631\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Create a legal or <span class=\"dictionary\">equitable<\/span> interest in favor of the <span class=\"dictionary\">designated beneficiary<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-283460\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-631\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"6\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> Subject the <span class=\"dictionary\">property<\/span> to claims or process of a <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">designated beneficiary<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-283461\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-631\/#6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED DURING TRANSFEROR&#8217;S LIFE (\u00a7 64.2-631)\n\nDuring a transferor&#8217;s life, a transfer on death deed does not:\n\n1. Affect an interest or right of the transferor or any other owner, including\nthe right to transfer or encumber the property;\n\n2. Affect an interest or right of a transferee, even if the transferee has\nactual or constructive notice of the deed;\n\n3. Affect an interest or right of a secured or unsecured creditor or future\ncreditor of the transferor, even if the creditor has actual or constructive\nnotice of the deed;\n\n4. Affect the transferor&#8217;s or designated beneficiary&#8217;s eligibility\nfor any form of public assistance;\n\n5. Create a legal or equitable interest in favor of the designated beneficiary;\nor\n\n6. Subject the property to claims or process of a creditor of the designated\nbeneficiary.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 390.","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}}