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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66826</law_id><section_number>64.2-2307</section_number><catch_line>Revocation of determination of death; effect on previous acts; title of purchasers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-2305</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="V">Provisions Applicable to Probate and Nonprobate Transfers</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="23">Persons Presumed Dead</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">court</span>, after reasonable notice to the parties interested, may revoke a determination of death at any time based on satisfactory <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that the presumed decedent is in <span class="dictionary">fact</span> alive. If a determination of death is revoked, all powers of any <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> shall terminate; however, if the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> has complied with the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Distribution of property; refunding bond" href="/64.2-2306/">64.2-2306</a>, all receipts and disbursements of <span class="dictionary">assets</span> and other acts previously done by the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> and the title of <span class="dictionary">bona fide purchasers</span> of property under sales made by the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> or by any heir at <span class="dictionary">law</span>, devisee, next of kin, legatee, survivor, beneficiary, or other successor in interest shall remain as valid as if no <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> had been made. Any <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> shall settle his account and all <span class="dictionary">assets</span> remaining in his <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or in the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of such heir at <span class="dictionary">law</span>, devisee, next of kin, legatee, survivor, beneficiary, or other successor in interest, and the proceeds of such <span class="dictionary">assets</span>, shall be transferred to the person who had been determined to be dead or to his duly authorized agent or attorney. Nothing in this section shall validate the title of any person to any money or property received as an heir at <span class="dictionary">law</span>, devisee, next of kin, legatee, survivor, beneficiary, or other successor in interest of such presumed decedent, and such money or property may be recovered from them as if the <span class="dictionary">order</span> determining death had not been granted.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 64-109; 1968, c. 656, &#xA7; 64.1-113; 2006, c. 351; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
