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The circuit court shall review the commissioner of accounts’ action in such case upon the filing of timely exceptions by any interested person. 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The circuit court shall review the commissioner of accounts’ action in such case upon the filing of timely exceptions by any interested person. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1999, chapter 378<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83611,"section_number":"64.2-1206","catch_line":"Settlement of fiduciaries' accounts","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1206\/"}],"permalink":{"id":274887,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56232,"identifier":"64.2-1217","token":"64.2\/IV\/A\/12\/64.2-1217","url":"\/64.2-1217\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1217\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/A\/12\/64.2-1217","dublin_core":{"Title":"Forfeiture of fiduciary’s commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1217","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a fiduciary<\/span> wholly fails to file an account before the commissioner of accounts containing a statement of all matters required in \u00a7 64.2-1206<\/a>, together with all other statements and items therein required for any year, within four months after the year’s expiration or, though the fiduciary<\/span> files an account before the commissioner of accounts, if the commissioner of accounts finds the fiduciary<\/span> is chargeable for that year with any money or other property not included in the statement, the fiduciary<\/span> shall receive no compensation for his services during such year or any commission on such money or other property unless allowed by the commissioner of accounts for good cause shown. The circuit<\/span> court<\/span> shall review the commissioner of accounts’ action in such case upon the filing of timely exceptions by any interested person. This section shall not apply to a fiduciary<\/span> who has filed a statement of his accounts within such year before a commissioner in chancery<\/span> who in a pending suit has been ordered to settle his account.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORFEITURE OF FIDUCIARY’S COMMISSION (\u00a7 64.2-1217)\n\nIf a fiduciary wholly fails to file an account before the commissioner of\naccounts containing a statement of all matters required in \u00a7 64.2-1206,\ntogether with all other statements and items therein required for any year,\nwithin four months after the year’s expiration or, though the fiduciary\nfiles an account before the commissioner of accounts, if the commissioner of\naccounts finds the fiduciary is chargeable for that year with any money or other\nproperty not included in the statement, the fiduciary shall receive no\ncompensation for his services during such year or any commission on such money\nor other property unless allowed by the commissioner of accounts for good cause\nshown. The circuit court shall review the commissioner of accounts’ action\nin such case upon the filing of timely exceptions by any interested person. This\nsection shall not apply to a fiduciary who has filed a statement of his accounts\nwithin such year before a commissioner in chancery who in a pending suit has\nbeen ordered to settle his account.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5409; 1946, p. 326; Code 1950, \u00a7 26-19; 1999, c. 378;\n2012, c. 614.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}