The circuit court of each county shall, as soon as may be after this code becomes effective, direct its clerk to transfer to the office of the clerk of the county commission of its county any wills, records of wills, records of the appointment and qualification of personal representatives, guardians, curators or committees, and records of their oaths, bonds, inventories, appraisements and settlements, heretofore kept in their said courts, and the clerk of the county court shall keep and preserve the same among the other similar records of his office. If the same are not properly and completely indexed when deposited in his office, the county clerk shall make a full and complete index to the same.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 44. Administration of Estates and Trusts
Article 5. General Provisions as to Fiduciaries
§44-5-2. Fiduciary Records of Circuit Court to Be Deposited in County Clerk’s Office
§44-5-3. Appointment of Nonresident; Bond; Service of Notice and Process; Fees; Penalty
§44-5-4. Who Not to Be Accepted as Surety on Fiduciary’s Bond
§44-5-5. When Additional or New Bond May Be Required of a Fiduciary, or His Authority Be Revoked
§44-5-6. Jurisdiction of Court on Revocation of Fiduciary’s Authority
§44-5-8. How Transfer of Securities to Successor Compelled
§44-5-9. Costs in Proceedings to Compel Fiduciaries to Comply With Law
§44-5-10. Powers of Clerk of County Commission in Certain Counties
§44-5-11. Application Only to Personal Representatives, Curators, and Minor Guardians