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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59074</law_id><section_number>58.1-1718</section_number><catch_line>City or county probate tax</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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>In addition to the state tax and fee imposed by &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Levy; rate of tax" href="/58.1-1712/">58.1-1712</a> and <a class="law" title="Tax in lieu of probate tax" href="/58.1-1717.1/">58.1-1717.1</a>, the governing body of any county and the council of any city may, as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Levy" href="/58.1-3805/">58.1-3805</a>, (i) impose a county or city tax in an amount equal to one-third of the amount of the state tax on the probate of a will or grant of administration on the probate of every such will or grant of administration and (ii) charge a $25 fee for the recordation of a list of heirs pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="List of heirs" href="/64.2-509/">64.2-509</a> or an <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Affidavit relating to real estate of intestate decedent" href="/64.2-510/">64.2-510</a>, as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Tax in lieu of probate tax" href="/58.1-1717.1/">58.1-1717.1</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-67.1; 1960, c. 60; 1984, c. 675; 2010, c. 266.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
