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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1966, chapter 335; in 1968, chapter 656; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64162,"section_number":"64.2-1210","catch_line":"Accounts and debts and demands to be reported","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1210\/"},{"id":75441,"section_number":"64.2-556","catch_line":"Order to creditors to show cause against distribution of estate to legatees or distributees; liability of legatees or distributees to refund","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-556\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":273611,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81596,"identifier":"64.2-551","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/9\/64.2-551","url":"\/64.2-551\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-551\/","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/9\/64.2-551","dublin_core":{"Title":"Account of debts by commissioners of accounts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-551","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The commissioner of accounts, within 60 days from the date of the hearing<\/span> for receiving proof of debts and demands against the decedent or the decedent’s estate or the date of the last adjournment of any such hearing<\/span>, shall make out an account of all such debts or demands as have been sufficiently proved, stating separately the debts and demands of each class.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACCOUNT OF DEBTS BY COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTS (\u00a7 64.2-551)\n\nThe commissioner of accounts, within 60 days from the date of the hearing for\nreceiving proof of debts and demands against the decedent or the\ndecedent’s estate or the date of the last adjournment of any such hearing,\nshall make out an account of all such debts or demands as have been sufficiently\nproved, stating separately the debts and demands of each class.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-162; 1966, c. 335; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-172; 2012, c.\n614.","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}}