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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73711</law_id><section_number>15.2-2244.2</section_number><catch_line>Subdivision of a lot of property held in trust for a family member</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="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">Land Subdivision and Development</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Provisions for subdivision of a lot for conveyance to a family member" href="/15.2-2244/">15.2-2244</a> and <a class="law" title="Additional method for subdivision of a lot for conveyance to a family member" href="/15.2-2244.1/">15.2-2244.1</a>, a <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may include in its subdivision <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> provisions permitting a single division of a lot or parcel for the purpose of sale or gift to a member of the immediate family, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Provisions for subdivision of a lot for conveyance to a family member" href="/15.2-2244/">15.2-2244</a>, of beneficiaries of a trust, of land held in trust. All trust beneficiaries must (i) be immediate family members as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Provisions for subdivision of a lot for conveyance to a family member" href="/15.2-2244/">15.2-2244</a>, (ii) agree that the property should be subdivided, and (iii) agree to place a restrictive covenant on the subdivided property that would prohibit the transfer of the property to a nonmember of the immediate family for a period of 15 years. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (iii), a <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may reduce or provide exceptions to the period of years prescribed in such clause when changed circumstances so require. Upon such modification of a restrictive covenant, a <span class="dictionary">locality</span> shall execute a writing reflecting such modification, which writing shall be recorded in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Documents to be recorded in deed books; social security numbers" href="/17.1-227/">17.1-227</a>. The <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may require that the subdivided lot is no more than one acre and otherwise meets any other express requirement contained in the Code of Virginia or imposed by the local <span class="dictionary">governing body</span>.</p></section></text><history>2011, c. 141.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
