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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1964, chapter 219; in 1966, chapter 118; in 1972, chapter 825; in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59874,"section_number":"64.2-796","catch_line":"Limitation of action against trustee","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-796\/"},{"id":74083,"section_number":"8.01-230","catch_line":"Accrual of right of action","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-230\/"},{"id":71139,"section_number":"8.01-246","catch_line":"Personal actions based on contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-246\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":72768,"section_number":"64.2-1200","catch_line":"Commissioners of accounts","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281215,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73370,"identifier":"8.01-245","token":"8.01\/4\/3\/8.01-245","url":"\/8.01-245\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-245\/","token":"8.01\/4\/3\/8.01-245","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation on actions upon the bond of any fiduciaries or as to suits against fiduciaries themselves; accrual of cause of action where execution sustained","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-245","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No action<\/span> shall be brought upon the bond<\/span> of any fiduciary<\/span> except within ten years next after the right to bring such action<\/span> shall have first accrued. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> When any fiduciary<\/span> has settled an account under the provisions of Part A (§ 64.2-1200<\/a> et seq.) of Subtitle IV of Title 64.2, and whether or not he has given bond<\/span>, a suit<\/span> to surcharge or falsify such account, or to hold such fiduciary<\/span> or his sureties liable for any balance stated in such account, to be in his hands, shall be brought within ten years after the account has been confirmed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> In actions<\/span> upon the bond<\/span> of any personal representative of a decedent or fiduciary<\/span> of a person<\/span> under a disability against whom an execution has been obtained or where a court<\/span> acting upon the account of such representative or committee shall order<\/span> payment or delivery of estate in the hands of such committee and representative, the cause of action<\/span> shall be deemed to accrue from the return day of such execution or from the time of the right to require payment or delivery upon such order<\/span>, whichever shall happen first. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION ON ACTIONS UPON THE BOND OF ANY FIDUCIARIES OR AS TO SUITS AGAINST\nFIDUCIARIES THEMSELVES; ACCRUAL OF CAUSE OF ACTION WHERE EXECUTION SUSTAINED (\u00a7\n8.01-245)\n\nA. No action shall be brought upon the bond of any fiduciary except within ten\nyears next after the right to bring such action shall have first accrued.\n\nB. When any fiduciary has settled an account under the provisions of Part A\n(§ 64.2-1200 et seq.) of Subtitle IV of Title 64.2, and whether or not he\nhas given bond, a suit to surcharge or falsify such account, or to hold such\nfiduciary or his sureties liable for any balance stated in such account, to be\nin his hands, shall be brought within ten years after the account has been\nconfirmed.\n\nC. In actions upon the bond of any personal representative of a decedent or\nfiduciary of a person under a disability against whom an execution has been\nobtained or where a court acting upon the account of such representative or\ncommittee shall order payment or delivery of estate in the hands of such\ncommittee and representative, the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue from\nthe return day of such execution or from the time of the right to require\npayment or delivery upon such order, whichever shall happen first.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 8-13, 8-15, 8-16; 1964, c. 219; 1966, c. 118; 1972, c.\n825; 1977, c. 617.","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}}