Virginia § 64.2-634 - Liability for creditor claims and statutory allowances
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 64.2-634 — Liability for creditor claims and statutory allowances, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 64.2-634. Liability for creditor claims and statutory allowances
A. After the death of the transferor, and subject to the transferor's right to direct the source from which liabilities will be paid, property transferred at the transferor's death by a transfer on death deed is subject to claims of the transferor's creditors, costs of administration of the transferor's estate, the expenses of the transferor's funeral and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children of the transferor including the family allowance, the right to exempt property, and the homestead allowance to the extent the transferor's probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances.
B. If more than one property is transferred by one or more transfer on death deeds, the liability under subsection A is apportioned among the properties in proportion to their net values at the transferor's death.
C. A proceeding to enforce the liability under this section shall be commenced not later than one year after the transferor's death.
2013, c. 390.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 64.2-634 ("Liability for creditor claims and statutory allowances") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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