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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83377</law_id><section_number>55.1-2514</section_number><catch_line>Intangible personal property held in fiduciary capacity</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2522</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> All intangible personal property, and any income or increment thereon, held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another <span class="dictionary">person</span> is presumed abandoned unless the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> has, within five years after it became <span class="dictionary">payable</span>, increased or decreased the principal, accepted payment of principal or income, corresponded in writing concerning the property, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> or other record on file with and prepared by the fiduciary or an employee of the fiduciary. <a id="paragraph-298721" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2514/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Funds in an individual retirement account, a retirement plan for self-employed individuals, or a similar account or plan established pursuant to the Internal Revenue <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United States are not <span class="dictionary">payable</span> under this section unless, under the terms of the account or plan, distribution of all or part of the funds would then be mandatory. <a id="paragraph-298722" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2514/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> For the purpose of this section, a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who holds property as an agent for a <span class="dictionary">business association</span> is deemed to hold the property in a fiduciary capacity for that <span class="dictionary">business association</span> alone, unless such <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s agreement with the <span class="dictionary">business association</span> provides otherwise. A <span class="dictionary">person</span> who is so deemed to hold property in a fiduciary capacity for a <span class="dictionary">business association</span> alone is the <span class="dictionary">holder</span> of the property only insofar as the interest of the <span class="dictionary">business association</span> in the property is concerned, and the <span class="dictionary">business association</span> is the <span class="dictionary">holder</span> of the property insofar as the interest of any other <span class="dictionary">person</span> in the property is concerned. <a id="paragraph-298723" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2514/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1960, c. 330, &#xA7; 55-210.8; 1981, c. 47; 1982, c. 331; 1984, c. 121; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
