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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 689 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76384,"section_number":"64.2-1314","catch_line":"Statement in lieu of settlement of accounts by personal representatives in certain circumstances","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1314\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":274929,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72702,"identifier":"64.2-1304","token":"64.2\/IV\/A\/13\/64.2-1304","url":"\/64.2-1304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1304\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/A\/13\/64.2-1304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Personal representatives","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Within 16 months from the date of the qualification, personal representatives<\/span> shall exhibit before the commissioner of accounts a statement of all money and other property that the fiduciary<\/span> has received, has become chargeable with, or has disbursed within 12 months from the date of qualification. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> After the first account of the fiduciary<\/span> has been filed and settled, the second and subsequent accounts for each succeeding 12-month period shall be due within four months from the last day of the 12-month period commencing on the terminal date of the preceding account unless the commissioner of accounts extends the period for filing upon reasonable cause. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Notwithstanding subsections A and B, a personal representative<\/span> may file a first or subsequent account at an earlier date, and the commissioner of accounts or the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> may require the personal representative<\/span> to file a first or subsequent account at an earlier date upon reasonable cause shown. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES (\u00a7 64.2-1304)\n\nA. Within 16 months from the date of the qualification, personal representatives\nshall exhibit before the commissioner of accounts a statement of all money and\nother property that the fiduciary has received, has become chargeable with, or\nhas disbursed within 12 months from the date of qualification.\n\nB. After the first account of the fiduciary has been filed and settled, the\nsecond and subsequent accounts for each succeeding 12-month period shall be due\nwithin four months from the last day of the 12-month period commencing on the\nterminal date of the preceding account unless the commissioner of accounts\nextends the period for filing upon reasonable cause.\n\nC. Notwithstanding subsections A and B, a personal representative may file a\nfirst or subsequent account at an earlier date, and the commissioner of accounts\nor the circuit court may require the personal representative to file a first or\nsubsequent account at an earlier date upon reasonable cause shown.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 689, \u00a7 26-17.5; 2012, 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}}