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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71191</law_id><section_number>64.2-1401</section_number><catch_line>Jurisdiction for qualification of testamentary trustee; qualification and bond; when surety not required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-1400</reference><reference>64.2-1402</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="14">Fiduciaries Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">Appointment, Qualification, Resignation, and Removal of Fiduciaries</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In the case of a testamentary trust, the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where the <span class="dictionary">will</span> has been admitted to probate in the Commonwealth shall be the exclusive <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> for the qualification of the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> under such <span class="dictionary">will</span>. In the case of a <span class="dictionary">will</span> of a nonresident that has not been admitted to probate in the Commonwealth, the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> under such <span class="dictionary">will</span> shall be permitted to qualify in any <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which such <span class="dictionary">will</span> could be probated or, if there is no such <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, then the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> shall be permitted to qualify pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Jurisdiction for qualification of certain testamentary trustees and trustees generally" href="/64.2-1402/">64.2-1402</a>. <a id="paragraph-256608" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1401/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Before proceeding to act as <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>, the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> named in a <span class="dictionary">will</span> probated after July 1, 1968, shall qualify and give <span class="dictionary">bond</span> before the proper <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> or clerk with <span class="dictionary">surety</span> as may be required by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or clerk unless (i) the <span class="dictionary">will</span> <span class="dictionary">waives</span> <span class="dictionary">surety</span> on the <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, (ii) <span class="dictionary">surety</span> is not required under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="When security not required; payment of probate taxes and fees" href="/6.2-1003/">6.2-1003</a>, or (iii) the <span class="dictionary">will</span> was executed prior to July 1, 1968, and the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> offering to qualify as such was also named in the <span class="dictionary">will</span> as executor and qualifies as such, and the <span class="dictionary">will</span> <span class="dictionary">waives</span> <span class="dictionary">surety</span> upon the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> of such executor. <a id="paragraph-256609" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1401/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The provisions hereof shall not apply to a testamentary devise or bequest to a church or its <span class="dictionary">trustees</span>. <a id="paragraph-256610" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1401/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If real estate located in the Commonwealth constitutes any of the trust <span class="dictionary">assets</span>, the qualification of the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> under this section shall not be in lieu of any other recordation required by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-256611" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1401/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 464, &#xA7;&#xA7; 26-46.2, 26-46.3; 1966, c. 327; 1968, c. 514; 1981, c. 239, 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
