{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2714","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 64.2-2714","heading":"Intent to exercise; determining intent from residuary clause","body":"A. As used in this section:\"Residuary clause\" does not include a residuary clause containing a blanket-exercise clause or a specific-exercise clause.\"Will\" includes a codicil and a testamentary instrument that revises another will.B. A residuary clause in a powerholder's will, or a comparable clause in the powerholder's revocable trust, manifests the powerholder's intent to exercise a power of appointment only if:1. The terms of the instrument containing the residuary clause do not manifest a contrary intent;2. The power is a general power exercisable in favor of the powerholder's estate;3. There is no gift-in-default clause or the clause is ineffective; and4. The powerholder did not release the power.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 3. EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-2714/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:14Z","sha256":"2196b883b815660ac7c38fccb473a2e8c75cb3530106f18cc3f5aeddaded4c4b","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2713","next":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2715"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}