                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL ESTATE; RIGHT OF COMMONWEALTH IF NO OTHER DISTRIBUTEE
(§ 64.2-201)

A. The surplus of the personal estate or any part thereof of any decedent, after
payment of funeral expenses, charges of administration, and debts, and subject
to the provisions of Article 2 (&#xA7; 64.2-309 et seq.) of Chapter 3, not
effectively disposed of by will passes by intestate succession and is
distributed to the same persons, and in the same proportions, as real estate
descends pursuant to &#xA7; 64.2-200.

B. If there is no other distributee of a decedent&#8217;s personal estate, such
personal estate shall accrue to the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 64-11, 64-12; 1968, c. 656, §§ 64.1-11, 64.1-12;
1978, c. 647; 1981, c. 580; 1982, c. 304; 1983, c. 320; 2012, c. 614.