A. A fiduciary or other person, association, or corporation having possession or control of any appointive property, other than the powerholder, shall not be deemed to have notice of a release of the power of appointment until the original or a copy of the release is delivered to such fiduciary or other person, association, or corporation.
B. A purchaser or mortgagee of any real property subject to a power of appointment, without actual notice of the release, shall not be deemed to have notice of a release of power until (i) the original or a copy of the release is recorded in the circuit court clerk's office in the county or city in which the real property is located, referencing the will or deed book where the instrument creating the power is recorded, and (ii) the deed, will, or other instrument creating the power of appointment, or a certified copy thereof, is recorded in the same clerk's office.
C. No release shall be invalid or ineffective for failing to comply with subsection A or B.
D. The clerk shall record a release of a power of appointment in the deed book and index the release in the daily and general indexes with the name of the powerholder being entered on the grantor index. For each such recordation, the clerk shall be paid a fee in the amount applicable to the recordation of deeds as set forth in subdivision A 2 of § 17.1-275 and an additional fee of $5.
2016, c. 266.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 64.2 - Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Chapter 27 - Uniform Powers of Appointment Act
§ 64.2-2706. Common law and principles of equity
§ 64.2-2707. Creation of power of appointment
§ 64.2-2708. Nontransferability
§ 64.2-2709. Presumption of unlimited authority
§ 64.2-2710. Exception to presumption of unlimited authority
§ 64.2-2711. Rules of classification
§ 64.2-2712. Power to revoke or amend
§ 64.2-2713. Requisites for exercise of power of appointment
§ 64.2-2714. Intent to exercise; determining intent from residuary clause
§ 64.2-2715. Intent to exercise; after-acquired power
§ 64.2-2716. Substantial compliance with donor-imposed formal requirement
§ 64.2-2717. Permissible appointment
§ 64.2-2718. Appointment to deceased appointee
§ 64.2-2719. Impermissible appointment
§ 64.2-2720. Selective allocation doctrine
§ 64.2-2721. Capture doctrine; disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power
§ 64.2-2722. Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised general power
§ 64.2-2723. Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised nongeneral power
§ 64.2-2724. Disposition of unappointed property if partial appointment to taker in default
§ 64.2-2725. Appointment to taker in default
§ 64.2-2726. Powerholder's authority to revoke or amend exercise
§ 64.2-2728. Authority to release
§ 64.2-2729. Method of release
§ 64.2-2730. Notice of release; recordation; fee
§ 64.2-2731. Revocation or amendment of release
§ 64.2-2732. Power to contract; presently exercisable power of appointment
§ 64.2-2733. Power to contract; power of appointment not presently exercisable
§ 64.2-2734. Remedy for breach of contract to appoint or not to appoint
§ 64.2-2735. Creditor claim; general power created by powerholder
§ 64.2-2736. Creditor claim; general power not created by powerholder
§ 64.2-2737. Power to withdraw
§ 64.2-2738. Creditor claim; nongeneral power
§ 64.2-2739. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 64.2-2740. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act