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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65661</law_id><section_number>55.1-2511</section_number><catch_line>Intangible interest in business association</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-777</reference><reference>55.1-2522</reference><reference>55.1-2524</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="25">Virginia Disposition Of Unclaimed Property Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Definitions; Property Abandoned or Assumed Abandoned</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any intangible interest in a <span class="dictionary">business association</span>, as evidenced by the stock records or membership records of the association, is presumed abandoned five years after the date of the most recent dividend or other distribution unclaimed by the <span class="dictionary">apparent owner</span> with respect to the stock or other interest or, if a dividend or other distribution has not been paid on the stock or other interest, or the stock or other interest is held pursuant to a plan that provides for the automatic reinvestment of dividends or other distributions, five years after the date of the second mailing of a statement of account or other notification or communication that was returned as undeliverable or five years after the date the <span class="dictionary">holder</span> discontinued the mailings to the <span class="dictionary">apparent owner</span>, whichever occurs earlier. With respect to such interest, the <span class="dictionary">business association</span> shall be deemed the <span class="dictionary">holder</span>. <a id="paragraph-238650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2511/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any dividend or other distribution held for or owing to a <span class="dictionary">person</span> at the time the stock or other security to which such dividend or other distribution attaches is considered abandoned at the same time. <a id="paragraph-238651" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2511/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1970, c. 158, &#xA7; 55-210.6:1; 1980, c. 293; 1981, c. 47; 1991, c. 357; 1995, c. 624; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
