Code of Virginia - Title 55 Property And Conveyances - Chapter 22 Acts Barring Property Rights
- 55-401 Definitions
As used in this chapter: 1. "Slayer" shall mean any person (i) who is convicted of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of the decedent or, ...
- 55-402 Slayers not to acquire property as result of slaying
Neither the slayer nor any transferee, assignees, or other person claiming through him shall in any way acquire any property or receive any benefits as ...
- 55-403 Descent, distribution and statutory rights as survivor
The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to property which would have passed from the estate of the decedent to the ...
- 55-404 Devise or legacy
The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to property which would have passed to the slayer by devise or legacy from ...
- 55-405 Concurrent ownership with survivorship
As to property held by the slayer and the decedent as tenants by the entirety or any other form of ownership with right of survivorship, ...
- 55-406 Concurrent ownership without survivorship
As to property held by the slayer and the decedent as joint tenants, joint owners, or joint obligees, without right of survivorship, the resulting death ...
- 55-407 Reversions and vested remainders
Property in which the slayer holds a reversion or vested remainder and would have obtained the right of present possession upon the death of the ...
- 55-408 Interests dependent on survivorship or continuance of life
Any interest in property, whether vested or not, held by the slayer subject to be divested, diminished in any way or extinguished if the decedent ...
- 55-409 Contingent remainders and future interests
As to any contingent remainder or executory or other future interest held by the slayer subject to become vested in him or increased in any ...
- 55-410 Powers of appointment
A. As to any exercise in the will of the decedent of a power of appointment in favor of the slayer, the slayer shall be ...
- 55-411 Proceeds of insurance and bona fide payment by insurance company or obligor
A. Insurance proceeds payable to the slayer as the beneficiary or assignee of any policy or certificate of insurance or bond or other contractual agreement ...
- 55-412 Persons acquiring from slayer protected
The provisions of this chapter shall not affect the right of any person who, before the interests of the slayer have been adjudicated, acquires from ...
- 55-413 Record determining slayer admissible
The record of the judicial proceeding in which the slayer was determined to be such, pursuant to § 55-401, shall be admissible in evidence for ...
- 55-414 Construction
A. This chapter shall not be considered penal in nature, but shall be construed broadly in order to effect the policy of this Commonwealth that ...
- 55-415 Uniform Simultaneous Death Act not applicable
The Uniform Simultaneous Death Act (§ 64.1-104.1 et seq.) shall not apply to cases governed by this chapter. (1981, c. 469; 1994, c. 475.) ...
Last modified: April 3, 2009