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Administration shall not be granted to any person under a disability as defined in § 8.01-2.C\n\nIf any beneficiary of the estate objects, a spouse or parent who has been barred from all interest in the estate because of desertion or abandonment as provided under § 64.2-308 or 64.2-308.17, as applicable, may not serve as an administrator of the estate.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":299394,"text":"If the will does not name an executor, or the executor named refuses to accept, fails to give bond, or dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the court or clerk may grant administration with the will annexed to a person who is a residual or substantial legatee under the will, or his designee, or if such person fails to apply for administration within 30 days, to a person who would have been entitled to administration if there had been no will.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":299395,"text":"Administration shall not be granted to any person unless he takes the required oath and gives bond, and the court or clerk is satisfied that he is suitable and competent to perform the duties of his office. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1968, chapter 656; in 1979, chapter 323; in 2000, chapter 321<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>; in 2016, chapters 187<\/a> and 269<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65308,"section_number":"64.2-1426","catch_line":"Nonresident fiduciaries","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1426\/"},{"id":68103,"section_number":"64.2-454","catch_line":"Appointment of administrator for prosecution of action for personal injury or wrongful death against or on behalf of estate of deceased resident or nonresident","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-454\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75762,"section_number":"64.2-308","catch_line":"Statutory rights barred by desertion or abandonment","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-308\/"},{"id":80426,"section_number":"64.2-308.17","catch_line":"Statutory rights barred by desertion or abandonment","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-308.17\/"}],"permalink":{"id":273383,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83538,"identifier":"64.2-500","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/1\/64.2-500","url":"\/64.2-500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-500\/","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/1\/64.2-500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Grant of administration with the will annexed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> If the will<\/span> does not name an executor, or the executor named refuses to accept, fails to give bond<\/span>, or dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the court<\/span> or clerk may grant administration with the will<\/span> annexed to a person who is a residual or substantial legatee under the will<\/span>, or his designee, or if such person fails to apply for administration within 30 days, to a person who would have been entitled to administration if there had been no will<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Administration shall not be granted to any person unless he takes the required oath<\/span> and gives bond<\/span>, and the court<\/span> or clerk is satisfied that he is suitable and competent to perform the duties of his office. Administration shall not be granted to any person under a disability as defined in § 8.01-2<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If any beneficiary of the estate objects<\/span>, a spouse or parent who has been barred from all interest in the estate because of desertion or abandonment as provided under § 64.2-308<\/a> or 64.2-308.17<\/a>, as applicable, may not serve as an administrator of the estate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGRANT OF ADMINISTRATION WITH THE WILL ANNEXED (\u00a7 64.2-500)\n\nA. If the will does not name an executor, or the executor named refuses to\naccept, fails to give bond, or dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the\ncourt or clerk may grant administration with the will annexed to a person who is\na residual or substantial legatee under the will, or his designee, or if such\nperson fails to apply for administration within 30 days, to a person who would\nhave been entitled to administration if there had been no will.\n\nB. Administration shall not be granted to any person unless he takes the\nrequired oath and gives bond, and the court or clerk is satisfied that he is\nsuitable and competent to perform the duties of his office. Administration shall\nnot be granted to any person under a disability as defined in § 8.01-2.\n\nC. If any beneficiary of the estate objects, a spouse or parent who has been\nbarred from all interest in the estate because of desertion or abandonment as\nprovided under § 64.2-308 or 64.2-308.17, as applicable, may not serve as\nan administrator of the estate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-112; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-116; 1979, c. 323; 2000, c.\n321; 2012, c. 614; 2016, cc. 187, 269.","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}}