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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74563</law_id><section_number>64.2-2509</section_number><catch_line>Persons acquiring from slayer protected</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="V">Provisions Applicable to Probate and Nonprobate Transfers</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="25">Acts Barring Property Rights</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The provisions of this chapter shall not affect the right of any person who, before the interests of the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> have been adjudicated, acquires from the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> for adequate consideration <span class="dictionary">property</span> or an interest therein that the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> would have received except for the terms of this chapter, provided that such <span class="dictionary">property</span> or interest is acquired without notice of circumstances tending to bring it within the provisions of this chapter. All consideration received by the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> shall be held by him in trust for the persons entitled to the <span class="dictionary">property</span> under the provisions of this chapter, and the <span class="dictionary">slayer</span> shall be liable for any portion of such consideration that he may have dissipated and for any difference between the actual <span class="dictionary">value</span> of the <span class="dictionary">property</span> and the amount of such consideration.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 469, &#xA7; 55-412; 2008, cc. 822, 830; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
