{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2200","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 64.2-2200","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter:\"Co-owners with right of survivorship\" includes parties to a joint account, joint tenants, tenants by the entireties, and other co-owners of property held under circumstances that entitle one or more to the whole of the property or account on the death of the other or others.\"Governing instrument\" means a deed, will, trust, insurance or annuity policy, account with POD designation, security registered in beneficiary form (TOD), or pension, profit-sharing, retirement, or similar benefit plan; instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment or a power of attorney; or a donative, appointive, or nominative instrument of any other type.\"Payor\" means a trustee, insurer, business entity, employer, government, governmental agency, subdivision, or instrumentality, or any other person authorized or obligated by law or a governing instrument to make payments.1994, c. 475, § 64.1-104.1; 2012, c. 614.","path":["Title 64.2. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","Subtitle V. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PROBATE AND NONPROBATE TRANSFERS","Chapter 22. UNIFORM SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-2200/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:14Z","sha256":"60262a464fc902c4499a815f5a072222cf5007bbc443b9489333af82c46600c7","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2120","next":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}