                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN DISTRIBUTION MAY BE REQUIRED; REFUNDING BOND (§ 64.2-554)

A personal representative shall not be compelled to pay any legacy made in the
will or to distribute the estate of the decedent for six months from the date of
the order conferring authority on the first executor or administrator of such
decedent and, except when it is otherwise specifically provided for in the will,
the personal representative shall not be compelled to make such payment or
distribution until the legatee or distributee gives a bond, executed by himself
or some other person, with sufficient surety, to refund a due proportion of any
debts or demands subsequently proved against the decedent or the
decedent&#8217;s estate and of the costs of the recovery of such debts or
demands. Such bond shall be filed and recorded in the clerk&#8217;s office of
the court that may have decreed such payment or distribution or in which the
accounts of such representative may be recorded.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 64-167; 1968, c. 656, § 64.1-177; 2012, c. 614.