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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61196</law_id><section_number>64.2-1906</section_number><catch_line>Transfer by obligor</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="C">Guardianship of Minor</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="19">Virginia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Subject to subsections B and C, a <span class="dictionary">person</span> not subject to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Transfer authorized by will or trust" href="/64.2-1904/">64.2-1904</a> or who holds property of or owes a liquidated debt to a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> not having a <span class="dictionary">conservator</span> may make an irrevocable <span class="dictionary">transfer</span> to a <span class="dictionary">custodian</span> for the benefit of the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Manner of creating custodial property and effecting transfer; designation of initial custodian; control" href="/64.2-1908/">64.2-1908</a>. <a id="paragraph-223650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1906/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">person</span> having the right to do so under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Nomination of custodian" href="/64.2-1902/">64.2-1902</a> has nominated a <span class="dictionary">custodian</span> under that section to receive the <span class="dictionary">custodial property</span>, the <span class="dictionary">transfer</span> shall be made to that <span class="dictionary">person</span>. <a id="paragraph-223651" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1906/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If no <span class="dictionary">custodian</span> has been nominated under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Nomination of custodian" href="/64.2-1902/">64.2-1902</a>, or all <span class="dictionary">persons</span> so nominated as <span class="dictionary">custodian</span> die before the <span class="dictionary">transfer</span> or are unable, decline, or are ineligible to serve, a <span class="dictionary">transfer</span> under this section may be made to an <span class="dictionary">adult</span> member of the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>&#x2019;s family or to a <span class="dictionary">trust company</span> unless the property exceeds $35,000 in <span class="dictionary">value</span>, in which event the <span class="dictionary">transfer</span> may be made if authorized by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. <a id="paragraph-223652" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1906/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 516, &#xA7; 31-43; 2012, c. 614; 2014, c. 532; 2025, c. 148.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
