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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60927</law_id><section_number>64.2-779.3</section_number><catch_line>Application; governing law</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="8.1">Uniform Trust Decanting Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This article applies to a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2017, that:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Has its principal place of administration in the Commonwealth, including a trust whose principal place of administration has been changed to the Commonwealth; or <a id="paragraph-222849" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-779.3/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Provides by its <span class="dictionary">trust instrument</span> that it is governed by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth or is governed by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth for the purpose of:
			a. Administration, including administration of a trust whose governing <span class="dictionary">law</span> for purposes of administration has been changed to the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth;
			b. Construction of terms of the trust; or
			c. Determining the meaning or effect of terms of the trust. <a id="paragraph-222850" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-779.3/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2017, c. 592.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
