If the title to any property to which this article applies was held by the decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order of the court or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative or the heirs or devisees of the decedent with the approval of the commissioner of accounts. Neither the personal representative nor the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered has a duty to discover or attempt to discover whether property held by the decedent is property to which this article applies, unless a written demand is made by the surviving spouse or the spouse's successor in interest.
1982, c. 456, § 64.1-200; 2012, c. 614.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 64.2 - Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Chapter 3 - Rights of Married Persons
§ 64.2-300. Applicability; definitions
§ 64.2-301. Dower or curtesy abolished
§ 64.2-302. When and how elective share may be claimed by surviving spouse
§ 64.2-304. Rights upon claiming an elective share
§ 64.2-305. Augmented estate; exclusions; valuation
§ 64.2-307. Rights in family residence
§ 64.2-308. Statutory rights barred by desertion or abandonment
§ 64.2-308.1. Applicability; definitions
§ 64.2-308.2. Dower or curtesy abolished
§ 64.2-308.3. Elective share amount; effect of election on statutory benefits; non-domiciliary
§ 64.2-308.4. Composition of the augmented estate; marital property portion
§ 64.2-308.5. Decedent's net probate estate
§ 64.2-308.6. Decedent's non-probate transfers to others
§ 64.2-308.7. Decedent's non-probate transfers to the surviving spouse
§ 64.2-308.8. Surviving spouse's property and non-probate transfers to others
§ 64.2-308.9. Exclusions, valuation, and overlapping application
§ 64.2-308.10. Sources from which elective share payable
§ 64.2-308.11. Personal liability of recipients
§ 64.2-308.12. Proceeding for elective share; time limit
§ 64.2-308.13. Right of election personal to surviving spouse; incapacitated surviving spouse
§ 64.2-308.14. Waiver of right to elect and of other rights; defenses
§ 64.2-308.15. Protection of payors and other third parties
§ 64.2-308.16. Rights in family residence
§ 64.2-308.17. Statutory rights barred by desertion or abandonment
§ 64.2-311. Homestead allowance
§ 64.2-313. When and how exempt property and allowances may be claimed
§ 64.2-317. Disposition upon death
§ 64.2-318. Perfection of title of surviving spouse
§ 64.2-319. Perfection of title of personal representative, heir or devisee
§ 64.2-320. Purchaser for value or lender
§ 64.2-322. Acts of married persons