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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85376</law_id><section_number>11-9</section_number><catch_line>Writing payable to deceased person</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="11">Contracts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, note or other writing to a person or persons who, or some of whom, are dead at the time of its execution, shall be as valid as if such person or persons were then alive.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5761.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
