{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/64.2-779.1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/64.2-779.1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/64.2-779.1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/64.2-779.1.html"}],"law_id":69107,"edition_id":1,"section_id":69107,"structure_id":13034,"section_number":"64.2-779.1","catch_line":"Scope","history":"2017, c. 592.","full_text":"A\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsections B and C, this article applies to an express trust that is irrevocable or revocable by the settlor only with the consent of the trustee or a person holding an adverse interest.B\n\nThis article does not apply to a trust held solely for charitable purposes.C\n\nSubject to &#xA7; 64.2-779.12, a trust instrument may restrict or prohibit exercise of the decanting power.D\n\nThis article does not limit the power of a trustee, powerholder, or other person to distribute or appoint property in further trust or to modify a trust under the trust instrument, a law of the Commonwealth other than this article, common law, a court order, or a nonjudicial settlement agreement.E\n\nThis article does not affect the ability of a settlor to provide in a trust instrument for the distribution of the trust property or appointment in further trust of the trust property or for modification of the trust instrument.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":250097,"text":"Except as otherwise provided in subsections B and C, this article applies to an express trust that is irrevocable or revocable by the settlor only with the consent of the trustee or a person holding an adverse interest.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":250098,"text":"This article does not apply to a trust held solely for charitable 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0592\">592<\/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":[{"id":86914,"section_number":"58.1-811","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date \u2014 see note) Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-811\/"},{"id":80693,"section_number":"64.2-701","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-701\/"},{"id":64385,"section_number":"64.2-779.27","catch_line":"Application","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-779.27\/"},{"id":79308,"section_number":"64.2-800","catch_line":"Beneficiary's consent, release, or ratification","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-800\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56684,"section_number":"64.2-779.12","catch_line":"Trust limitation on decanting","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-779.12\/"}],"permalink":{"id":274531,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69107,"identifier":"64.2-779.1","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.1","url":"\/64.2-779.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.1\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Scope","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subsections B and C, this article applies to an express trust that is irrevocable or revocable by the settlor only with the consent of the <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> or a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> holding an adverse interest. <a id=\"paragraph-250097\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> This article does not apply to a trust held solely for <span class=\"dictionary\">charitable purposes<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-250098\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Subject to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Trust limitation on decanting\" href=\"\/64.2-779.12\/\">64.2-779.12<\/a>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span> may restrict or prohibit exercise of the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-250099\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> This article does not limit the power of a <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span>, or other <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> to distribute or appoint <span class=\"dictionary\">property<\/span> in further trust or to modify a trust under the <span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span>, a law of the Commonwealth other than this article, <span class=\"dictionary\">common law<\/span>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">court order<\/span>, or a nonjudicial <span class=\"dictionary\">settlement<\/span> agreement. <a id=\"paragraph-250100\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.1\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> This article does not affect the ability of a settlor to provide in a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span> for the distribution of the trust <span class=\"dictionary\">property<\/span> or appointment in further trust of the trust <span class=\"dictionary\">property<\/span> or for modification of the <span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-250101\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.1\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSCOPE (\u00a7 64.2-779.1)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in subsections B and C, this article applies to\nan express trust that is irrevocable or revocable by the settlor only with the\nconsent of the trustee or a person holding an adverse interest.\n\nB. This article does not apply to a trust held solely for charitable purposes.\n\nC. Subject to &#xA7; 64.2-779.12, a trust instrument may restrict or prohibit\nexercise of the decanting power.\n\nD. This article does not limit the power of a trustee, powerholder, or other\nperson to distribute or appoint property in further trust or to modify a trust\nunder the trust instrument, a law of the Commonwealth other than this article,\ncommon law, a court order, or a nonjudicial settlement agreement.\n\nE. This article does not affect the ability of a settlor to provide in a trust\ninstrument for the distribution of the trust property or appointment in further\ntrust of the trust property or for modification of the trust instrument.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 592.","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}}