                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERFECTION OF TITLE OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, HEIR OR DEVISEE (§ 64.2-319)

If the title to any property to which this article applies is held by the
surviving spouse at the time of the decedent&#8217;s death, the personal
representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to
perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty
to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving
spouse is property to which this article applies, unless a written demand is
made by an heir, devisee, or creditor of the decedent.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 456, § 64.1-201; 2012, c. 614.