                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXEMPT PROPERTY (§ 64.2-310)

A. In addition to any other right or allowance under this article, the surviving
spouse of a decedent who was domiciled in the Commonwealth is entitled from the
estate to value not exceeding $25,000 in excess of any security interests
therein in household furniture, automobiles, furnishings, appliances, and
personal effects. If there is no surviving spouse, the minor children of the
decedent are entitled in equal shares to such property of the same value. If the
value of the exempt property selected in excess of any security interests
therein is less than $25,000, or if there is not $25,000 worth of exempt
property in the estate, the spouse or minor children are entitled to other
assets of the estate, if any, to the extent necessary to make up the $25,000
value.

B. The right to exempt property and other assets of the estate needed to make up
a deficiency of exempt property has priority over all claims against the estate,
except the family allowance.

C. The right to exempt property is in addition to any benefit or share passing
to the surviving spouse or minor children by the will of the decedent, by
intestate succession, or by way of elective share.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 580, § 64.1-151.2; 1990, c. 831; 1996, c. 549; 2001, c. 368;
2012, c. 614; 2014, c. 532; 2025, c. 148.