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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 935<\/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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":274273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83069,"identifier":"64.2-721","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/4\/64.2-721","url":"\/64.2-721\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-721\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/4\/64.2-721","dublin_core":{"Title":"Trusts created in other jurisdictions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-721","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A trust not created by will<\/span> is validly created if its creation complies with the law<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> in which the trust instrument<\/span> was executed, or the law<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> in which, at the time of creation:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The settlor was domiciled, had a place of abode, or was a national; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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