The costs attending the issuance of letters testamentary or of administration, or their revocation, and the probate of any will, and of the suit for the settlement of the estate, shall be paid out of the estate of the supposed decedent; and costs arising upon an application for letters which shall not be granted shall be paid by the applicant.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 44. Administration of Estates and Trusts
Article 9. Persons Presumed to Be Dead and Their Estates
§44-9-1. When Person Presumed to Be Dead
§44-9-1b. When Person in Area Proclaimed to Be in a State of Emergency Presumed Dead
§44-9-2. Jurisdiction of Estate of Supposed Decedent
§44-9-3. Application for Probate or Administration, and Publication of Notice Thereof
§44-9-4. Ancillary Letters on Estates of Nonresidents Supposed to Be Dead
§44-9-5. Evidence on Such Application; Record Thereof
§44-9-7. Powers of Clerk of County Commission
§44-9-8. Personal Representative to Institute Suit to Settle Such Estate
§44-9-9. Publication in Such Suit
§44-9-10. Procedure When Supposed Decedent Fails to Appear
§44-9-11. Distribution of Estate; Refunding Bonds
§44-9-12. Vacation of Prior Proceedings on Reappearance of Supposed Decedent
§44-9-15. When Laws Relating to Wills and Estates Generally to Govern