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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 1968, chapter 656; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":273431,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56414,"identifier":"64.2-511","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/3\/64.2-511","url":"\/64.2-511\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-511\/","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/3\/64.2-511","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of executor before qualification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-511","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A person named in a will<\/span> as executor shall not exercise the powers of executor until he qualifies as such by taking an oath<\/span> and giving bond<\/span> in the court<\/span> or before the clerk where the will<\/span> or an authenticated copy thereof is admitted to record, except that he may provide for the burial of the testator, pay reasonable funeral expenses, and preserve the estate from waste.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS OF EXECUTOR BEFORE QUALIFICATION (\u00a7 64.2-511)\n\nA person named in a will as executor shall not exercise the powers of executor\nuntil he qualifies as such by taking an oath and giving bond in the court or\nbefore the clerk where the will or an authenticated copy thereof is admitted to\nrecord, except that he may provide for the burial of the testator, pay\nreasonable funeral expenses, and preserve the estate from waste.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-128; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-136; 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}}