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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63666</law_id><section_number>64.2-755</section_number><catch_line>Trustee&amp;#8217;s bond</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-703</reference><reference>64.2-779.38</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="III">Trusts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Uniform Trust Code</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Office of Trustee</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as otherwise provided in Part A (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Commissioners of accounts" href="/64.2-1200/">64.2-1200</a> et seq.) of Subtitle IV, a <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> shall give <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, or <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with <span class="dictionary">surety</span> or other security, to secure performance of the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>&#x2019;s duties only if the <span class="dictionary">court</span> finds that a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> is needed to protect the <span class="dictionary">interests of the beneficiaries</span> or is required by the terms of the trust and the <span class="dictionary">court</span> has not dispensed with the requirement. <a id="paragraph-231905" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-755/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court</span> may specify the amount of a <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, its liabilities, and whether sureties are necessary. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> may modify or terminate a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> at any time. <a id="paragraph-231906" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-755/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A regulated financial service institution qualified to do trust business in the Commonwealth need not give <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, even if required by the terms of the trust. <a id="paragraph-231907" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-755/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-547.02; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
