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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69287</law_id><section_number>64.2-203</section_number><catch_line>Inheritance rights of certain individuals</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="II">Wills and Decedents' Estates</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Descent and Distribution</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as otherwise provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, no person is barred from inheriting because such person or a person through whom he claims his inheritance is or has been an alien. <a id="paragraph-250649" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-203/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A person who is related to the decedent through two lines of relationship is entitled to only a single share based on the relationship that would entitle him to the larger share. <a id="paragraph-250650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-203/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 64-4; 1968, c. 656, &#xA7; 64.1-4; 1978, c. 647, &#xA7; 64.1-6.1; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
