                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONCURRENT OWNERSHIP WITH OR WITHOUT SURVIVORSHIP (§ 64.2-2503)

A. The death of the decedent caused by the slayer results in the vesting of the
slayer&#8217;s interest in property held by the decedent and the slayer as
tenants by the entirety or any other form of ownership with the right of
survivorship in the estate of the decedent as though the slayer had predeceased
the decedent.

B. The death of the decedent caused by the slayer results in the severance of
the slayer&#8217;s interest in property held by the decedent and the slayer as
joint tenants, joint owners, or joint obligees without the right of survivorship
and the share of the decedent passes as a part of his estate.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 469, §§ 55-405, 55-406; 1992, c. 521; 2008, cc. 822, 830;
2012, c. 614.