Virginia § 64.2-2203 Co-owners with right of survivorship; requirement of survival by 120 hours

Virginia Statutes

§ 64.2-2203 — Co-owners with right of survivorship; requirement of survival by 120 hours

Virginia § 64.2-2203

Title 64.2WILLS, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES

Subtitle VPROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PROBATE AND NONPROBATE TRANSFERS

Ch. 22UNIFORM SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT

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Bluebook

Va. Code Ann. § 64.2-2203 (2026).

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Except as provided in § 64.2-2205, if (i) it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that one of two co-owners with right of survivorship survived the other co-owner by 120 hours, one-half of the property passes as if one had survived by 120 hours and one-half as if the other had survived by 120 hours and (ii) there are more than two co-owners and it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that at least one of them survived the others by 120 hours, the property passes in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of co-owners.

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Except as provided in § 64.2-2205, if (i) it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that one of two co-owners with right of survivorship survived the other co-owner by 120 hours, one-half of the property passes as if one had survived by 120 hours and one-half as if the other had survived by 120 hours and (ii) there are more than two co-owners and it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that at least one of them survived the others by 120 hours, the property passes in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of co-owners.