{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2707","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 64.2-2707","heading":"Creation of power of appointment","body":"A. A power of appointment is created only if:1. The instrument creating the power:a. Is valid under applicable law; andb. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, transfers the appointive property; and2. The terms of the instrument creating the power manifest the donor's intent to create in a powerholder a power of appointment over the appointive property exercisable in favor of a permissible appointee.B. Subdivision A 1 b does not apply to the creation of a power of appointment by the exercise of a power of appointment.C. A power of appointment may not be created in a deceased individual.D. Subject to an applicable rule against perpetuities, a power of appointment may be created in an unborn or unascertained powerholder.2016, c. 266.","path":["Title 64.2. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","Subtitle V. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PROBATE AND NONPROBATE TRANSFERS","Chapter 27. UNIFORM POWERS OF APPOINTMENT ACT","Article 2. CREATION, REVOCATION, AND AMENDMENT OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-2707/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:14Z","sha256":"6f9311e12a9b7155cb0465e3994975a28f11269a760ef05640c59a5167613bb2","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2706","next":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2708"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}