                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INTERNATIONAL WILL INFORMATION REGISTRATION (§ 64.2-442)

The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall establish a registry system by which
authorized persons may register in a central information center, information
regarding the execution of international wills, keeping that information in
strictest confidence until the death of the testator and then making it
available to any person desiring information about any will who presents a death
certificate or other satisfactory evidence of the testator&#8217;s death to the
center. Information that may be received, preserved in confidence until death,
and reported as indicated is limited to the name, social security or any other
individual-identifying number established by law, address, and date and place of
birth of the testator, and the intended place of deposit or safekeeping of the
instrument pending the death of the testator. The Secretary of the Commonwealth,
at the request of the authorized person, may cause the information he receives
about execution of any international will to be transmitted to the registry
system of another jurisdiction as identified by the testator, if that other
system adheres to rules protecting the confidentiality of the information
similar to those established in the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1995, c. 443, § 64.1-96.11; 2001, c. 85; 2012, c. 614.