                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERFECTION OF TITLE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE (§ 64.2-318)

If the title to any property to which this article applies was held by the
decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by
an order of the court or by execution of an instrument by the personal
representative or the heirs or devisees of the decedent with the approval of the
commissioner of accounts. Neither the personal representative nor the court in
which the decedent&#8217;s estate is being administered has a duty to discover
or attempt to discover whether property held by the decedent is property to
which this article applies, unless a written demand is made by the surviving
spouse or the spouse&#8217;s successor in interest.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 456, § 64.1-200; 2012, c. 614.