Inheritance and succession

1962
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-119 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the payment of certain small sums due persons upon whose estates there has been no qualification, so as to increase the maximum that may be paid to one thousand dollars.
An Act to amend and reenact § 6-54, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the payment of certain bank balances to next of kin of decedent.
An Act to amend and reenact § 81-10, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the disbursement of funds of infants beyond mcome.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-18, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to murder as a bar to acquisition of an estate or payment under a policy of life insurance.

1964
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10 Proposing amendments to Sections 148, 145 and 146 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-90 of the Code of Virginia, relating to how wills are to be indexed.
An Act to amend and reenact § 6-201.26:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to shares payable to a named survivor or survivors.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-121, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain exemptions to which widows, minor children and unmarried daughters are entitled.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-57.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the lodging of wills of certain persons for safekeeping by clerks of certain courts, so as to provide that certain wills of certain persons may be so lodged.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-126, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointing appraisers of certain estates, providing certain duties and requiring the personal representatives in certain cases to file an inventory of the estate.
An Act to amend and reenact § 26-10.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to deputy commissioners of accounts in certain cities.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia, by adding sections numbered 26-46.1, 26-46.2 and 26-46.8, relating to appointment and qualification of trustees, and providing the jurisdiction for qualification of certain trustees.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 81-26 through 81-29 of the Code of Virginia, so as to permit a savings and loan association to act as custodian under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-94 of the Code of Virginia, relating to transfer of certificate of title to motor vehicles when the owner thereof has died.

1968
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding, in Title 58 thereof, a section numbered 58-46.1 relating to copies of inheritance tax returns to be furnished by the State Tax Commissioner.
An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia relating to wills and decedents’ estates; to that end to repeal Title 64 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 7 and §§ 64-1 to 64-176, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to wills and decedents’ estates; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act a new title numbered 64.1, which title includes new chapters numbered 1 to 7, both inclusive, and new sections numbered 64.1-1 to 64.1-187, both inclusive, relating to wills and decedents’ estates; and to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-689, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to what proceeds of sale to pass as real estate in the case of certain incapacitated persons. rH 23
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.1-98, as amended, and 46.1-96 of the Code of Virginia, relating to transfers of title to motor vehicles by operation of law and registration of motor vehicles effective after the death of the owner.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64.1-102 of the Code of Virginia, relating to presumptions of survivorship in certain cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 6.1-71 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the disposition of certain funds of deceased persons by banks and trust companies.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-694 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposition of proceeds from sale of lands of persons under disability.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-127, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to list of heirs furnished by personal representatives to certain courts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-161 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to proceedings for receiving proof of debts by commissioners of accounts.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 26-60 and 26-66 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the transfer of property to foreign guardians or committees of nonresident infants or insane persons outside of the State.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-157 and 58-164 of the Code of Virginia, relating to what estates inheritance taxes are applicable.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding, in Title 26 thereof, a section numbered 26-86.1, to provide a form which may be used by fiduciaries for accounting.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-636, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, to provide for amounts and distribution of damages recoverable under actions for death by wrongful act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 26-46.2, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to qualification of trustees.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-174 of the Code of Virginia, relating to suits to subject real estate to debts of a decedent.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.1-408.1, relating to the designation of a testamentary trustee as the beneficiary of life insurance.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 88.1-442.1, relating to designation of certain persons as beneficiaries of life insurance policies.

1865/1866
An ACT to authorize the Circuit Court of Accomack to decree the Sale of certain Lands belonging to the estate of Charles S. Piper, deceased.
An ACT anthorizing the Cireuit Conrt of Antherst County to make an Allowance for the Support of Wilkins, Edwin and Lily V. Watson, infant Children of Wilkins Watson, deceased.
An ACT to amend the Charter of the Midlothian Coal Mining Company, and to extend the duration of the same.
An ACT imposing Taxes for the Support of Government.
An ACT declaring Neabsco and Poweil’s Creeks Lawful
for the relief of Henry Stephenson of Frederick County
An ACT for the relief of the Estate of William Mitchell, junior, deceased
An ACT concerning the Estate of William Dickinson, deceased.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4 and 5 of chapter 110 of the Code.
An ACT amending and re-enacting section 5, chapter 124 of the Code.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 of chapter 128 of the Code of 1860.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 150 of the Code of 1460.
An ACT providing for the adjustment of Liabilities arising under Contracts and Wills made between the Ist day of January 1862, and the 10th day of April 1865

1966
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-90, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to recordation and indexing of wills.
An Act to amend und reenact § 8-751, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to limited disbursements to certain incompetent persons and infants.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 55-18.2, relating to inter vivos trusts and the rule against perpetuities
An Act to amend and reenact § 26-2 of the Code of Virginia, concerning the examination of fiduciary bonds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-147, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the order in which debts of decedents to be paid.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-188, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to deeds which may be executed by personal representatives under certain conditions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-98, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, for the personal exemptions allowed individuals reporting income or taxation.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 64-71.2, relating to the distribution of assets by fiduciaries in satisfaction of pecuniary bequests or transfers in trust of a pecuniary amount.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-88 of the Code of Virginia, relating to deposition of witness may be taken and read on probate of
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia, by adding a section numbered 64-119.2, relating to the distribution of certain welfare funds due decedents upon whose estate there has been no qualification.
An Act to amend and reenact § 26-27 of the Code of Virginia, relating to posting lists of fiduciaries.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-119.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the payment of certain small sums due deceased persons upon whose estate there has been no qualification.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-117 of the Code of Virginia, relating to security on bonds of certain executors and personal representatives.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-71.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devises and bequests to certain trustees.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 26-10 and 26-10.1. as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to assistant and deputy commissioners of accounts.
An Act relating to the liability of certain depositories and fiduciaries upon the death of a depositor
An Act to amend and reenact § 26-46.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the qualification of certain trustees.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-119, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the payment of certain small claims due persons upon whose estates there has been no qualification.
An Act to amend and reenact § 26-8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the appointment and authority of Commissioners of Accounts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-144 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain sales by personal representatives
An Act to amend and reenact § 32-864.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the donation by adult individuals of certain parts of their bodies; providing how such donations may be effectuated; and providing for other matters in connection with the foregoing.
An Act to amend and reenact § 64-126, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to appraisement of decedents’ estates.
An Act to amend and reenact § 55-275 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the rule for computing the present value of certain contingent rights.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 26-88, 64-161, 64-162 and 64-169 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain fiduciary accounts and the settlement of accounts.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia regarding trust interests for the same beneficiary.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 26 a section numbered 26-12.1, prescribing certain forms for inventories and appraisements.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 31-26, 31-27 and 31-29, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to definitions, manner of making gift, and rights, powers and duties of custodian under the Virginia Uniform Gifts to Minors Act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 26-12 of the Code of Virginia, relating to filing of inventories by certain fiduciaries in the administration of estates and the cost of determining the value of property in such estates.
An Act to amend and reenact § 55-197 of the Code of Virginia, in order to provide for a fee for services rendered by an escheator in the recovery of property on behalf of the Commonwealth.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 26-12.2, relating to filing of inventories and settlement of accounts by certain personal representatives.

1878/79
An Act to authorize the trustees of Rodes’ Methodist Episcopal Church South to convey to the heirs of Charles P. Rodes, deceased, of Nelson county, a lot of land
An ACT for the relief of John F. Lewis and LL. L. Lewis, executors of S. H. Lewis, deceased.

1879/80
An ACT for the relief of John Milliner, administrator of Robert Milliner, deceased.
An ACT authorizing the conveyance of the state’s Interest in a lot of land in Alexandria county, of which James Hilton died seized, and which has escheated to the commonwealth, to said county for poor-house purposes.
An ACT to ineorporate the Mutual Benefit Association of Southwest Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the circuit court of Stafford county to divide, apportion, invest or otherwise dispose of certain property devised to J. M. Taliaferro for life, remainder to his children.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 25, chapter 126 of the Code of Virginia, as to the order in which debts shall be paid.

1879es
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 178 of the Code of 1873, in relation to appeals.