{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2722","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 64.2-2722","heading":"Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised general power","body":"To the extent that a powerholder releases or fails to exercise a general power of appointment other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust:1. The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property; or2. If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent that the clause is ineffective:a. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2 b, the unappointed property 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. To the extent that the powerholder released the power, or if there is no taker under subdivision 2 a, the unappointed property 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/64.2-2722/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:14Z","sha256":"a1ec66c44bc36210e3c0fd5b8b36caaf532296e5aecf945129b1872f95a24545","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2721","next":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2723"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}