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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63894</law_id><section_number>64.2-1405</section_number><catch_line>Court may appoint trustee in place of one named in will, deed, or other writing; management by corporate trustee outside of the Commonwealth</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-1406</reference><reference>64.2-1408</reference><reference>64.2-712</reference><reference>64.2-745.2</reference><reference>64.2-757</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Fiduciaries and Guardians</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="14">Fiduciaries Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">Appointment, Qualification, Resignation, and Removal of Fiduciaries</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> named in a <span class="dictionary">will</span>, deed, or other writing (i) dies, (ii) becomes incapable of executing the trust on account of physical or mental disability or confinement in prison, (iii) if residency is statutorily required, is no longer a resident of the Commonwealth, (iv) declines to accept the trust, (v) resigns the trust after having accepted the trust, (vi) in the case of a corporate <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>, is adjudicated bankrupt or for any reason loses its charter, (vii) for any other reason ceases to be eligible to continue serving as <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>, or (viii) for any other good cause shown, the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which such <span class="dictionary">will</span> was admitted to probate or such deed or other writing is or might have been recorded, or if the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> is a corporation, in which its principal office in the Commonwealth is located, or in which the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> resides, may on <span class="dictionary">motion</span> of any interested <span class="dictionary">party</span>, and upon satisfactory <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of any of the conditions in clauses (i) through (viii), appoint a <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> in place of the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> named in the instrument. <a id="paragraph-232710" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1405/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> may appoint a substitute corporate <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> whenever a corporate <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> removes the management function over an existing trust which was previously managed in the Commonwealth to a <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> outside of the Commonwealth if the <span class="dictionary">court</span> finds that the management of the trust after such removal results in good cause for the substitution of the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>. A corporate <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> that maintains a place of business in the Commonwealth where one or more trust officers are available on a regular basis for personal contact with trust customers or beneficiaries shall not be deemed to have removed such management function. <a id="paragraph-232711" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1405/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 6298; 1930, p. 350; 1934, p. 162; 1950, p. 457, &#xA7; 26-48; 1998, cc. 392, 410; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
