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§44-1-1. Executor Has No Powers Before Qualifying - A person appointed to be the executor of a will...
§44-1-2. Administration With Will Annexed - If there be no executor appointed by the will, or...
§44-1-3. Oath of Executor or Administrator With Will Annexed - The oath of an executor, or of an administrator with...
§44-1-4. Appointment of Intestate Administrator; Affidavit of Heirs of Nonresident Intestate Decedent Without Appointment of Intestate Administrator - (a) When a person dies intestate the jurisdiction to hear...
§44-1-5. When Curator May Be Appointed; His Duties - The county court, or clerk thereof during the recess of...
§44-1-6. Bond and Oath; Termination of Grant in Certain Cases - At the time of the grant of administration upon the...
§44-1-7. Penalty of Bond - (a) Every bond required to be given by an executor...
§44-1-8. When Executor or Administrator Not to Give Bond; When Surety Not Required - (a) Subject to the provisions of section three, article five...
§44-1-9. Administration De Bonis Non Upon Death, Resignation or Removal of Sole Surviving Executor or Administrator; Executor or Administrator of Executor or Administrator Not Authorized to Administer Estate of First Testator or Intestate - In any estate in which there is a will, on...
§44-1-10. Marriage of Female Representative Does Not Extinguish Authority - Where an unmarried woman who is personal representative, either alone...
§44-1-11. When Sheriff to Administer Estate - If at any time two months elapse without there being...
§44-1-12. Letters of Administration - A copy of the order whereby certificate is granted to...
§44-1-13. Affidavit Showing Heirs, Distributees, Devisees and Legatees of Decedent - At the time of the qualification of an executor or...
§44-1-14. Appraisement of Real Estate and Probate Personal Property of Decedents; Disposition; Hiring of Experts - (a) The personal representative of an estate of a deceased...
§44-1-14a. Notice of Administration of Estate; Time Limits for Filing of Objections; Liability of Personal Representative - (a) Within thirty days of the filing of the appraisement...
§44-1-14b. Notice of Ancillary Filing Without Any Administration of Estate; Time Limits for Filing of Objections - (a) Within 30 days of the filing of a foreign...
§44-1-15. Duty of Personal Representative; Debt Not Extinguished by Appointment of Debtor as Executor - It shall be the duty of every personal representative to...
§44-1-16. When Administrator De Bonis Non May Administer Assets for Which Former Personal Representative Liable - When the powers of a personal representative have ceased and...
§44-1-17. Food and Fuel for Family - The provisions and fuel (or so much thereof as may...
§44-1-18. What Estate Not to Be Sold - Unless it be necessary for the payment of funeral expenses,...
§44-1-19. Sale of Goods Likely to Be Impaired in Value - Of the goods not mentioned in the preceding section, other...
§44-1-20. When to Sell Other Goods - If the goods so sold be not sufficient to pay...
§44-1-21. Estate for Life of Another Is Assets - Any estate for the life of another shall go to...
§44-1-22. Suits by and Against - A personal representative may sue or be sued upon any...
§44-1-23. Actions for Goods Carried Away, Waste or Damage to Estate of or by Decedent - A civil action may be maintained by or against a...
§44-1-24. Action for Waste by Representative - A suit may be maintained against the personal representative of...
§44-1-25. Administrator De Bonis Non May Have Scire Facias - Where a suit is pending or a judgment or decree...
§44-1-26. Action on Bond of Personal Representative - Where an execution on a judgment or decree against a...
§44-1-27. Not Chargeable Beyond Assets; Pleas Allowed - No personal representative or any surety of his shall be...
§44-1-28. Payment of Small Sums Due Employees to Distributees of Decedents Upon Whose Estates There Have Been No Qualifications - (a) When the State of West Virginia, any of its...
§44-1-29. Authority of Personal Representative Concerning Conservation and Preservation Easements - (a) Subject to the requirements and conditions of subsection (b)...
§44-1-30. Death Certificate or Other Proof of Death and Residence May Be Required - The clerk of the county commission may require a certified...
§44-1-31. Administration of Oath; Execution of Bond - An oath required in this chapter may be taken before...