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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82825</law_id><section_number>58.1-1712</section_number><catch_line>Levy; rate of tax</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-1715</reference><reference>58.1-1718</reference><reference>58.1-3805</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="17">Miscellaneous Taxes</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Tax on Wills and Administrations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A tax is hereby imposed on the probate of every will or grant of administration not exempt by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. The tax shall be based on the value of the estate as determined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Value of the estate; time of valuation" href="/58.1-1713/">58.1-1713</a>. For every $100 of value, or fraction of $100, a tax of 10 cent(s) is imposed. However, the tax imposed by this section shall not apply to decedents&#x2019; estates of $15,000 or less in value.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-66; 1973, c. 282; 1984, c. 675; 1985, c. 474; 1988, c. 292; 1989, c. 387; 1998, c. 117; 2003, c. 195.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
