                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VALIDATION OF CERTAIN CONVEYANCES BY FOREIGN EXECUTOR (§ 64.2-524)

A. Every conveyance of real estate within the Commonwealth made prior to June
30, 1986, by the executor under a will that, prior to such sale, has been
probated according to the laws of another state without the qualification of the
executor in the Commonwealth, shall be as valid and effective to pass the title
of such real estate as if the executor had qualified in the Commonwealth,
provided that (i) the will under which the executor acted was duly executed
according to the laws of the Commonwealth, (ii) the will confers upon the
executor the power to convey the real estate, and (iii) an authenticated copy of
such will has been admitted to probate in the Commonwealth in the county or city
in which the real estate or any part thereof is located.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any conveyance of real estate
within the Commonwealth made on or after June 30, 1986, by an executor described
in subsection A or the trustee of a testamentary trust established in a will
where the will, prior to such sale, has been probated according to the laws of
another state shall, without the qualification of the executor or the
testamentary trustee in the Commonwealth, be valid and effective to pass the
title of such real estate provided that (i) the executor or testamentary trustee
had duly qualified according to the laws of the state where the will was
probated, (ii) the will under which the executor or testamentary trustee acted
was duly executed according to the laws of the Commonwealth as a valid will and
confers upon the executor or testamentary trustee the power to convey the real
estate so conveyed, and (iii) an authenticated copy of such will has been
admitted to probate in the Commonwealth in the county or city in which the real
estate or any part thereof is situated.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 64-139, 64-140; 1958, c. 558; 1960, c. 279; 1968, c.
656, §§ 64.1-149, 64.1-150; 1996, c. 93; 2012, cc. 61, 614.