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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":274603,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60927,"identifier":"64.2-779.3","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.3","url":"\/64.2-779.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.3\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application; governing law","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This article applies to a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2017, that:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Has its principal place of administration in the Commonwealth, including a trust whose principal place of administration has been changed to the Commonwealth; or <a id=\"paragraph-222849\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.3\/#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> Provides by its <span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span> that it is governed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of the Commonwealth or is governed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of the Commonwealth for the purpose of:\n\t\t\ta. 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