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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":[{"id":63804,"section_number":"64.2-555","catch_line":"When fiduciaries are protected by refunding bonds","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-555\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":273623,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60155,"identifier":"64.2-554","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/9\/64.2-554","url":"\/64.2-554\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-554\/","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/9\/64.2-554","dublin_core":{"Title":"When distribution may be required; refunding bond","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-554","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A personal representative<\/span> shall not be compelled to pay any legacy made in the will<\/span> or to distribute the estate of the decedent for six months from the date of the order<\/span> conferring authority on the first executor or administrator of such decedent and, except when it is otherwise specifically provided for in the will<\/span>, the personal representative<\/span> shall not be compelled to make such payment or distribution until the legatee or distributee gives a bond<\/span>, executed by himself or some other person, with sufficient surety<\/span>, to refund a due proportion of any debts or demands subsequently proved against the decedent or the decedent’s estate and of the costs of the recovery of such debts or demands. Such bond<\/span> shall be filed and recorded in the clerk’s office of the court<\/span> that may have decreed such payment or distribution or in which the accounts of such representative may be recorded.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN DISTRIBUTION MAY BE REQUIRED; REFUNDING BOND (\u00a7 64.2-554)\n\nA personal representative shall not be compelled to pay any legacy made in the\nwill or to distribute the estate of the decedent for six months from the date of\nthe order conferring authority on the first executor or administrator of such\ndecedent and, except when it is otherwise specifically provided for in the will,\nthe personal representative shall not be compelled to make such payment or\ndistribution until the legatee or distributee gives a bond, executed by himself\nor some other person, with sufficient surety, to refund a due proportion of any\ndebts or demands subsequently proved against the decedent or the\ndecedent’s estate and of the costs of the recovery of such debts or\ndemands. Such bond shall be filed and recorded in the clerk’s office of\nthe court that may have decreed such payment or distribution or in which the\naccounts of such representative may be recorded.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 64-167; 1968, c. 656, \u00a7 64.1-177; 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}}