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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75098</law_id><section_number>64.2-1410</section_number><catch_line>When court may require new bond or revoke authority; giving new bond upon motion of fiduciary, surety, or other party in interest</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-2012</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> Regardless of whether a <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> has given <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with or without sureties, at any time the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> under whose <span class="dictionary">order</span> or under the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of whose clerk any such <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> derives his authority shall, on the application of any <span class="dictionary">surety</span> or his <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span>, or may, (i) upon <span class="dictionary">motion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> or (ii) when it appears proper on report of the clerk or a commissioner of accounts or on <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> adduced before it by any interested <span class="dictionary">party</span>, <span class="dictionary">order</span> the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> to give before the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or clerk a new <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or additional <span class="dictionary">bond</span> in a reasonable time as prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> and in such <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> and with or without sureties as the <span class="dictionary">court</span> deems proper. The new <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or additional <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall have the effect provided by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Effect of giving new or additional bond" href="/49-14/">49-14</a>. In all cases where the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> qualified pursuant to an <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued by a clerk, the clerk shall have the same power as the <span class="dictionary">court</span> regarding <span class="dictionary">bond</span> and <span class="dictionary">surety</span> under this section. If the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or clerk is not complied with, or whenever from any cause it appears proper, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may revoke and annul the powers of any such <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span>. However, no such <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall be made unless reasonable notice appears to have been given to the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> by (a) the commissioner of accounts who made the report, (b) the <span class="dictionary">surety</span> or his representative making the application, or (c) the service of a rule or otherwise. No <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> shall invalidate any previous act of such <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span>. <a id="paragraph-269742" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1410/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> When the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or clerk <span class="dictionary">orders</span> a new <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, additional <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, or a reduction in <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or clerk shall, in lieu of requiring a personal <span class="dictionary">appearance</span> by the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> for the execution thereof, allow the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span>&#x2019;s execution to be made by the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span>&#x2019;s agent under a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> expressly authorizing the same. <a id="paragraph-269743" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1410/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5417; Code 1950, &#xA7; 26-3; 1966, c. 328; 1997, c. 842; 2001, c. 79; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
