2014 Virginia Code
Title 64.2 - Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
§ 64.2-1908. Manner of creating custodial property and effecting transfer; designation of initial custodian; control

A. Custodial property is created and a transfer is made whenever:

1. An uncertificated security or a certificated security in registered form is either:

a. Registered in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the
transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: "as
custodian for ......................…(name of minor) under the Virginia
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act"; or

b. Delivered if in certificated form, or any document necessary for the transfer of an uncertificated security is delivered, together with any necessary endorsement to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company as custodian, accompanied by an instrument in substantially the form set forth in subsection B.

2. Money is paid or delivered, or a security held in the name of a broker,
financial institution, or its nominee is transferred, to a broker or financial
institution for credit to an account in the name of the transferor, an adult
other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the
words: "as custodian for ......................… (name of minor) under the
Virginia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act."

3. The ownership of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract is either:

a. Registered with the issuer in the name of the transferor, an adult
other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the
words: "as custodian for ......................… (name of minor) under the
Virginia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act"; or

b. Assigned in a writing delivered to an adult other than the transferor
or to a trust company whose name in the assignment is followed in substance by
the words: "as custodian for ......................… (name of minor) under
the Virginia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act."

4. An irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment or an irrevocable
present right to future payment under a contract is the subject of a written
notification delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor that the right
is transferred to the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a
trust company, whose name in the notification is followed in substance by the
words: "as custodian for ......................… (name of minor) under the
Virginia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act."

5. An interest in real property is recorded in the name of the transferor,
an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance
by the words: "as custodian for ........… (name of minor) under the
Virginia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act."

6. A certificate of title issued by a department or agency of a state or of the United States which evidences title to tangible personal property is either:

a. Issued in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the
transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: "as
custodian for ......................… (name of minor) under the Virginia
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act"; or

b. Delivered to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust
company, endorsed to that person followed in substance by the words: "as
custodian for ......................… (name of minor) under the Virginia
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act."

7. An interest in any property not described in subdivisions 1 through 6 is transferred to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company by a written instrument in substantially the form set forth in subsection B.

Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit the creation or transfer of custodial property from a personal representative, trustee, or conservator to himself as custodian pursuant to §§ 64.2-1904, 64.2-1905, and 64.2-1906.

B. An instrument in the following form satisfies the requirements of subdivisions A 1 b and A 7.

TRANSFER UNDER THE VIRGINIA UNIFORM TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT

I, ....................… (name of transferor or name and
representative capacity if a fiduciary) hereby transfer to
............… (name of custodian), as custodian for ............…
(name of minor) under the Virginia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, the
following: (insert a description of the custodial property sufficient to
identify it).
Dated: ..............…

...............................…
(Signature)

.....................… (name of custodian) acknowledges receipt of
the property described above as custodian for the minor named above
under the Virginia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.

Dated: ..............…

...............................…
Signature of Custodian)

C. A transferor shall place the custodian in control of the custodial property as soon as practicable.

D. A transferor who transfers property to an individual under the age of 21 years pursuant to § 64.2-1903 or 64.2-1904 may expressly provide that the custodian shall deliver, convey, or pay the property to the individual on the individual's attaining the age of 21 by inclusion of the parenthetical "(21)" after the words "Virginia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act" or substantially similar language. In such case, the word "minor" as used in this chapter shall mean an individual who has not attained the age of 21 years.

1988, c. 516, § 31-45; 1989, c. 548; 1990, c. 831; 2012, c. 614.