Virginia § 64.2-736 - Amendment of trust where gift, grant, or will establishes private foundation or constitutes a charitable trust or a split-interest trust
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 64.2-736 — Amendment of trust where gift, grant, or will establishes private foundation or constitutes a charitable trust or a split-interest trust, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 64.2-736. Amendment of trust where gift, grant, or will establishes private foundation or constitutes a charitable trust or a split-interest trust
When any such gift, grant, devise, or bequest establishes a private foundation, as defined in § 509 of the Internal Revenue Code, or constitutes a charitable trust, as described in § 4947(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a split-interest trust, as described in § 4947(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, the trustee or trustees of such trust, with the concurrence of the creator of the trust, if then living and able to give such consent, and the Attorney General, may, without resort to any court, unless such amendment is inconsistent with an express provision of such trust's governing instrument, amend the terms of such trust to bring such trust into or continue such trust in conformity with requirements for exemption of such trust, or any interest therein, from federal taxes. When such gift, grant, or will is recorded, a copy of such amendment shall be similarly recorded.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 64.2-736 ("Amendment of trust where gift, grant, or will establishes private foundation or constitutes a charitable trust or a split-interest trust") 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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