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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79740</law_id><section_number>64.2-608</section_number><catch_line>Transfer of securities of nonresident decedents</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="6">Transfers Without Qualification</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Payments, Settlements, or Administration Without Appointment of Representative</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The stocks, <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>, or <span class="dictionary">evidences</span> of indebtedness issued by (i) the Commonwealth or any corporation created by the Commonwealth or (ii) any national bank or any other corporation created pursuant to federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> that has its principal office in the Commonwealth that are held in the name of a decedent domiciled outside of the Commonwealth at the time of his death and who is not known by the officer or agent charged with the duty of transferring such stocks, <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>, or <span class="dictionary">evidences</span> of indebtedness to have a <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> qualified as such within the Commonwealth, may be transferred by the executor or administrator of the decedent qualified according to the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the decedent&#x2019;s domicile.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 64-122; 1950, c. 895; 1968, c. 656, &#xA7; 64.1-129; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
