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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59868</law_id><section_number>64.2-1609</section_number><catch_line>Coagents and successor agents</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="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="B">Powers of Attorney</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="16">Uniform Power of Attorney Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">principal</span> may designate two or more <span class="dictionary">persons</span> to act as coagents. Unless the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> otherwise provides, each coagent may exercise its authority independently. <a id="paragraph-219297" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1609/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">principal</span> may designate one or more successor <span class="dictionary">agents</span> to act if an <span class="dictionary">agent</span> resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated, is not qualified to serve, or declines to serve. A <span class="dictionary">principal</span> may grant authority to designate one or more successor <span class="dictionary">agents</span> to an <span class="dictionary">agent</span> or other <span class="dictionary">person</span> designated by name, office, or function. Unless the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> otherwise provides, a successor <span class="dictionary">agent</span> (i) has the same authority as that granted to the original <span class="dictionary">agent</span>; and (ii) may not act until all predecessor <span class="dictionary">agents</span> have resigned, died, become incapacitated, are no longer qualified to serve, or have declined to serve. <a id="paragraph-219298" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1609/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Except as otherwise provided in the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> and subsection D, an <span class="dictionary">agent</span> that does not participate in or conceal a breach of <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> duty committed by another <span class="dictionary">agent</span>, including a predecessor <span class="dictionary">agent</span>, is not liable for the actions of the other <span class="dictionary">agent</span>. <a id="paragraph-219299" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1609/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> An <span class="dictionary">agent</span> that has actual knowledge of a breach or imminent breach of <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> duty by another <span class="dictionary">agent</span> shall notify the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> and, if the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> is incapacitated, take any action reasonably appropriate in the circumstances to safeguard the <span class="dictionary">principal</span>&#x2019;s best interest. An <span class="dictionary">agent</span> that fails to notify the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> or take action as required by this subsection is liable for the reasonably foreseeable <span class="dictionary">damages</span> that could have been avoided if the <span class="dictionary">agent</span> had notified the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> or taken such action. <a id="paragraph-219300" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1609/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2010, cc. 455, 632, &#xA7; 26-82; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
