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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86746</law_id><section_number>64.2-711</section_number><catch_line>Jurisdiction over trustee and beneficiary</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="III">Trusts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Uniform Trust Code</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Judicial Proceedings</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> By accepting the trusteeship of a trust having its principal place of administration in the Commonwealth or by moving the principal place of administration to the Commonwealth, the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> submits personally to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of the Commonwealth regarding any matter involving the trust. <a id="paragraph-310650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-711/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> With respect to their interests in the trust, the beneficiaries of a trust having its principal place of administration in the Commonwealth are subject to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of the Commonwealth regarding any matter involving the trust. By accepting a distribution from such a trust, the recipient submits personally to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of the Commonwealth regarding any matter involving the trust. <a id="paragraph-310651" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-711/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> This section does not preclude other methods of obtaining <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over a <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>, <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span>, or other <span class="dictionary">person</span> receiving <span class="dictionary">property</span> from the trust. <a id="paragraph-310652" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-711/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-542.02; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
