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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71429</law_id><section_number>64.2-761</section_number><catch_line>Compensation of trustee</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> If the terms of a trust do not specify the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>&#x2019;s compensation, a <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> is entitled to compensation that is reasonable under the circumstances. <a id="paragraph-257510" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-761/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the terms of a trust specify the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>&#x2019;s compensation, the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> is entitled to be compensated as specified, but the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may allow more or less compensation if: <a id="paragraph-257511" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-761/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The duties of the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> are substantially different from those contemplated when the trust was created; or <a id="paragraph-257512" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-761/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The compensation specified by the terms of the trust would be unreasonably low or high. <a id="paragraph-257513" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-761/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-547.08; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
