Va. Code § 64.2-443

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 64.2-443 - Jurisdiction of probate of wills
A. The circuit courts shall have jurisdiction of the probate of wills. A will shall be offered for probate in the circuit court in the county or city wherein the decedent has a known place of residence; if he has no such known place of residence, then in a county or city wherein any real estate lies that is devised or owned by the decedent; and if there is no such real estate, then in the county or city wherein he dies or a county or city wherein he has estate.
B. Where any person has become, either voluntarily or involuntarily, a patient in a nursing home, convalescent home, or similar institution due to advanced age or impaired health, the place of legal residence of the person shall be rebuttably presumed to be the same as it was before he became a patient.

Va. Code § 64.2-443

Code 1950, §§ 64-72, 64-72.1; 1966, c. 330; 1968, c. 656, §§ 64.1-75, 64.1-76; 2012, c. 614.
Amended by Acts 2012, c. 614.
Amended by Acts 1968, c. 656, 64.1-75, 64.1-76.
Amended by Acts 1966, c. 330.