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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55234</law_id><section_number>64.2-600</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-127</reference><reference>55.1-2532</reference><reference>6.2-613</reference><reference>6.2-614</reference><reference>64.2-116</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="II">Wills and Decedents' Estates</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Transfers Without Qualification</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Virginia Small Estate Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Designated successor</span>&#x201D; means one or more <span class="dictionary">successors</span> who are designated pursuant to subdivision A 7 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Payment or delivery of small asset by affidavit" href="/64.2-601/">64.2-601</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Person</span>&#x201D; means any individual, corporation, business trust, <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span>, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Small asset</span>&#x201D; means any indebtedness owed to or any asset belonging or presently distributable to the decedent, other than real property, having a <span class="dictionary">value</span>, on the date of the decedent&#x2019;s death, of no more than $75,000. A <span class="dictionary">small asset</span> includes any bank account, savings institution account, credit union account, brokerage account, security, deposit, tax refund, overpayment, item of tangible personal property, or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in action.
		&#x201C;Successor&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, other than a <span class="dictionary">creditor</span>, who is entitled under the decedent&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">will</span> or the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of intestacy to part or all of a <span class="dictionary">small asset</span>.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 281, &#xA7; 64.1-132.1; 2010, c. 269; 2012, c. 614; 2025, c. 148.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
