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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72768</law_id><section_number>64.2-1200</section_number><catch_line>Commissioners of accounts</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>53.1-221</reference><reference>55.1-2222</reference><reference>6.2-1008</reference><reference>64.2-2021</reference><reference>64.2-553</reference><reference>64.2-700</reference><reference>64.2-710</reference><reference>64.2-755</reference><reference>8.01-245</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Fiduciaries and Guardians</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="12">Commissioners of Accounts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">judges</span> of each <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall appoint as many commissioners of accounts as may be necessary to carry out the duties of that office. The commissioner of accounts shall have general supervision of all fiduciaries admitted to qualify in the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or before the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> and shall make all <span class="dictionary">ex parte</span> <span class="dictionary">settlements</span> of the fiduciaries&#x2019; accounts. The person appointed as a commissioner of accounts shall be a discreet and competent attorney-at-<span class="dictionary">law</span> and shall be removable at the pleasure of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. <a id="paragraph-262094" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1200/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In the event more than one commissioner of accounts is appointed, each commissioner of accounts shall maintain his own office and keep his own books, records, and accounts. Each commissioner of accounts shall retain the power of supervision over every account, matter, or thing referred to him until a final account is approved for such account, matter, or thing, unless he resigns, retires, or is removed from office, in which case his successor shall continue such duties. <a id="paragraph-262095" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1200/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> For any given service performed, each commissioner of accounts shall have the authority to establish a lesser fee than that prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or to <span class="dictionary">waive</span> one or more fees. <a id="paragraph-262096" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1200/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5401; 1946, p. 324; Code 1950, &#xA7; 26-8; 1966, c. 329; 1973, c. 544; 2003, c. 194; 2005, c. 400; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
