No person is incompetent to testify for or against a will solely by reason of any interest he possesses in the will or the estate of the testator.
Code 1950, §§ 64-53, 64-54; 1962, c. 338; 1968, c. 656, § 64.1-51; 2012, c. 614.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 64.2 - Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
§ 64.2-401. Who may make a will; what estate may be disposed of
§ 64.2-402. Advertisements to draw wills prohibited; penalty
§ 64.2-403. Execution of wills; requirements
§ 64.2-404. Writings intended as wills
§ 64.2-404.1. Reformation of will to correct mistakes or achieve decedent's tax objectives
§ 64.2-405. Interested persons as competent witnesses
§ 64.2-407. Will of personal estate of nonresidents
§ 64.2-409. Wills of living persons lodged for safekeeping with clerks of certain courts
§ 64.2-410. Revocation of wills generally
§ 64.2-411. Revival of wills after revocation
§ 64.2-413. Effect of subsequent conveyance on will
§ 64.2-414. When wills deemed to speak
§ 64.2-416. Devises, bequests, and distributions that fail; how to pass
§ 64.2-417. When advancement deemed satisfaction of devise or bequest
§ 64.2-418. When children or descendants of beneficiary to take estate or trust
§ 64.2-419. Provision for omitted children when no child living when will made
§ 64.2-420. Provision for omitted children when child living when will made
§ 64.2-421. Construction of certain conditions of spouse's survivorship
§ 64.2-422. When omitted spouse to take intestate portion
§ 64.2-424. When direction to purchase annuity binding on legatee
§ 64.2-425. Interest on pecuniary legacies
§ 64.2-427. Testamentary additions to trusts by testator dying after June 30, 1999
§ 64.2-436. Other points of form
§ 64.2-438. Effect of certificate
§ 64.2-440. Source and construction
§ 64.2-442. International will information registration
§ 64.2-443. Jurisdiction of probate of wills
§ 64.2-444. Clerks may probate wills
§ 64.2-445. Appeal from order of clerk
§ 64.2-446. Motion for probate; process against persons interested in probate
§ 64.2-447. Use of depositions
§ 64.2-448. Complaint to impeach or establish a will; limitation of action; venue
§ 64.2-449. Procedure in probate proceedings
§ 64.2-450. Probate of copy of will proved outside the Commonwealth; authenticated copy
§ 64.2-451. Appointment of curator; when made; his duties
§ 64.2-452. How will may be made self-proved; affidavits of witnesses
§ 64.2-453. How will may be made self-proved; acknowledgment of witnesses
§ 64.2-454.1. Will contest; presumption of undue influence
§ 64.2-455. Wills to be recorded; recording copies; effect; transfer to the Library of Virginia
§ 64.2-456. Bona fide purchaser of real estate without notice of devise protected
§ 64.2-457. Bona fide purchaser of real estate without notice of devise protected; later will
§ 64.2-458. Bona fide purchaser of real estate without notice of devise protected; intestacy