CODE OF VIRGINIA ESCHEATORS TO DEFEND ON BEHALF OF COMMONWEALTH (§ 55.1-2434) The escheator shall answer and defend on the part of the Commonwealth any action against him or any petition filed under § 55.1-2409 and shall be allowed the costs incurred by him in such defense. HISTORY: Code 1919, § 517; Code 1950, § 55-196; 2019, c. 712.