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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71470</law_id><section_number>64.2-504</section_number><catch_line>Bond of executor or administrator</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="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Wills and Decedents' Estates</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Personal Representatives and Administration of Estates</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Appointment and Qualification</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as provided in subsection B, every <span class="dictionary">bond</span> of an executor or administrator shall be, at least, in an amount equal to (i) the full <span class="dictionary">value</span> of the personal estate of the decedent to be administered, or (ii) if the <span class="dictionary">will</span> authorizes the executor or administrator to sell real estate, or receive the rents and profits thereof, the full <span class="dictionary">value</span> of the personal estate and such real estate, or the rents and profits thereof, as the case may be. <a id="paragraph-257625" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-504/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon the request of an executor or administrator, the clerk shall redetermine the amount of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> in light of any reduction in the current market <span class="dictionary">value</span> of the estate in the executor&#x2019;s or administrator&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or subject to his power, whether such reduction is due to disbursements, distributions, or valuation of <span class="dictionary">assets</span>, if such reduction is reflected in an accounting that has been confirmed by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or an inventory that has been approved by the commissioner of accounts and recorded in the clerk&#x2019;s office. This provision shall not apply to any <span class="dictionary">bond</span> set by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. <a id="paragraph-257626" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-504/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 64-116; 1968, c. 656, &#xA7; 64.1-120; 1996, c. 317; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
