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§ 64.2-500. Grant of administration with the will annexed - A. If the will does not name an executor, or...
§ 64.2-501. Oath of executor or administrator with the will annexed - An executor or administrator with the will annexed shall take...
§ 64.2-502. Grant of administration of intestate estate - A. The court or the clerk who would have jurisdiction...
§ 64.2-503. Oath and bond of administrator of intestate estate - An administrator of an intestate estate shall give bond and...
§ 64.2-504. Bond of executor or administrator - A. Except as provided in subsection B, every bond of...
§ 64.2-505. When security not required - A. The court or clerk shall require a personal representative...
§ 64.2-506. When letters of administration and order for obtaining probate in due form are required - The court or clerk may issue a certificate of qualification...
§ 64.2-507. Clerks to deliver statement of responsibilities - The clerk of any court in which any person qualifies...
§ 64.2-508. Written notice of probate, qualification, and entitlement to copies of inventories, accounts, and reports to be provided to certain parties - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a personal...
§ 64.2-509. List of heirs - A. Every personal representative of a decedent, whether the decedent...
§ 64.2-510. Affidavit relating to real estate of intestate decedent - A. Any person having an interest in real estate that...
§ 64.2-511. Powers of executor before qualification - A person named in a will as executor shall not...
§ 64.2-512. Funeral expenses - Subject to the provisions of § 64.2-528, reasonable funeral and...
§ 64.2-513. Effect of death, resignation, or removal of sole executor - Upon the death, resignation, or removal of the sole surviving...
§ 64.2-514. Duty of every personal representative - Every personal representative shall administer, well and truly, the whole...
§ 64.2-515. Duty of fiduciaries as to joint accounts - A. Except as provided in subsection B, a fiduciary charged...
§ 64.2-516. Duties of fiduciaries as to certain obligations of the United States - A. Except as provided in subsection B, a fiduciary charged...
§ 64.2-517. Exercise of discretionary powers by surviving executors or administrators with the will annexed - A. When discretionary powers are conferred upon the executors under...
§ 64.2-518. When personal representative may renew obligation of decedent - A. When a decedent is obligated on any note, bond,...
§ 64.2-519. Suits upon judgment and contracts of decedent and actions for personal injury or wrongful death - A personal representative may sue or be sued (i) upon...
§ 64.2-520. Action for goods carried away, or for waste, destruction of, or damage to estate of decedent - A. Any action for damages for the taking or carrying...
§ 64.2-520.1. Action for damages from legal malpractice concerning estate planning - A. An action for damages to an individual or an...
§ 64.2-520.2. Reliance on certificate of qualification of a personal representative - A. Any individual or entity conducting business in good faith...
§ 64.2-521. Personal representatives to sell real estate devised to be sold, and to receive certain rents - A. If the will devises real estate to be sold...
§ 64.2-522. Personal representatives to pay over sale proceeds and rents to persons entitled - An executor or administrator shall faithfully pay the rents and...
§ 64.2-523. Personal representative may execute deed pursuant to written contract of decedent - When any decedent has executed and delivered a bona fide...
§ 64.2-524. Validation of certain conveyances by foreign executor - A. Every conveyance of real estate within the Commonwealth made...
§ 64.2-525. Debtor's appointment as executor - The appointment of a debtor of the estate as executor...
§ 64.2-526. What personal estate to be sold; use of proceeds - A. Subject to the provisions of Article 2 (§ 64.2-309...
§ 64.2-527. Estate held for another's life; inclusion in personal estate - Any estate for the life of another shall go to...
§ 64.2-528. Order in which debts and demands of decedents to be paid - When the assets of the decedent in his personal representative's...
§ 64.2-529. Creditors to be paid in order of their classification; class paid ratably; when representative not liable for paying debt - No payment shall be made to creditors of any one...
§ 64.2-530. Lien acquired during lifetime of decedent not affected - The provisions of §§ 64.2-528 and 64.2-529 shall not affect...
§ 64.2-531. Nonexoneration; payment of lien if granted by agent - A. Unless a contrary intent is clearly set out in...
§ 64.2-532. Real estate of decedent as assets for payment of debts - If a decedent's personal estate is insufficient to satisfy the...
§ 64.2-533. Administration of assets for payment of debts - The circuit court in which a report of the accounts...
§ 64.2-534. Liability of heir or devisee for value of real estate sold and conveyed; validity of premature conveyances - A. Any heir or devisee who sells and conveys any...
§ 64.2-535. When sale and conveyance within one year valid against creditors; proceeds paid to special commissioner; bond to obtain proceeds - A. For purposes of this section: "Net proceeds" means the...
§ 64.2-536. Liability of heir or devisee; action by personal representative or creditor; recording notice of lis pendens; evidence - An heir or devisee may be sued by the personal...
§ 64.2-537. Action to enforce claim of less than $100; notice - No action may be brought pursuant to this article where...
§ 64.2-538. Lien acquired during lifetime of decedent not affected - This article shall not affect any lien acquired during the...
§ 64.2-539. Definitions - For the purposes of this article: "Gross estate" includes any...
§ 64.2-540. Apportionment required - A. Except as provided in subsection B, whenever it appears...
§ 64.2-541. Recovery by executor when part of estate not in his possession - If any property required to be included in the gross...
§ 64.2-542. Transfers not required until tax ascertained or security given - An executor, administrator, or other fiduciary is not required to...
§ 64.2-543. Contrary provisions of will or other instrument to govern - A. For purposes of this section: "Includable beneficial interest" means...
§ 64.2-544. Construction of direction to pay all taxes imposed on account of testator's death - A. A general direction in a will, trust instrument, or...
§ 64.2-545. Transfer of assets to administrator de bonis non; administration of assets - A. If the powers of a personal representative have ceased...
§ 64.2-546. Action against representative of executor for waste - An action may be maintained for waste of a decedent's...
§ 64.2-547. Revival of judgment by administrator de bonis non - If an action is pending or a judgment has been...
§ 64.2-548. Action against surety of personal representative; procedure - A. An action may be brought against the surety of...
§ 64.2-549. Liability of personal representative or his surety - The liability of a personal representative or his surety shall...
§ 64.2-550. Proceedings for receiving proof of debts by commissioners of accounts - A. A commissioner of accounts who has for settlement the...
§ 64.2-551. Account of debts by commissioners of accounts - The commissioner of accounts, within 60 days from the date...
§ 64.2-552. How claims filed before commissioners of accounts; tolling of limitations period - A. Any person who seeks to prove that he has...
§ 64.2-553. When court to order payment of debts - A. Upon confirmation of a report of the accounts of...
§ 64.2-554. When distribution may be required; refunding bond - A personal representative shall not be compelled to pay any...
§ 64.2-555. When fiduciaries are protected by refunding bonds - If any personal representative pays any legacy made in the...
§ 64.2-556. Order to creditors to show cause against distribution of estate to legatees or distributees; liability of legatees or distributees to refund - A. When a report of the accounts of any personal...
§ 64.2-557. Form for notice to show cause under § 64.2-556 - Any notice to show cause published or posted in pursuance...
§ 64.2-558. Distribution to persons standing in loco parentis to certain beneficiaries - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a distribution...