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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55125</law_id><section_number>64.2-722</section_number><catch_line>Trust purposes</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="4">Creation, Validity, Modification, and Termination of Trust</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A trust may be created only to the extent its purposes are lawful, not contrary to public policy, and possible to achieve. A trust and its terms shall be for the benefit of its beneficiaries.</p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-544.04; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
