{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2721","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 64.2-2721","heading":"Capture doctrine; disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power","body":"To the extent that a powerholder of a general power of appointment, other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust, makes an ineffective appointment:1. The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively appointed property; or2. If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent that the clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property:a. Passes to:(1) The powerholder if the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living; or(2) If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; orb. If there is no taker under subdivision 2 a, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.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/64.2-2721/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:14Z","sha256":"5c4b89df37ff9a4e0b3e30b2fd2431b21311bef136f402cf3a1934a9dfdbaee8","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2720","next":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2722"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}