CHAPTER 484

An Act to amend and reenact § 64-126 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to appointing appraisers of certain estates, providing certain duties
and requiring the personal representatives in certain cases to file an
inventory of the estate.

[H 297]

Approved March 31, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 64-126 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 64-126. Where the estate exceeds the value of one thousand dollars,
every court or clerk by whose order any person is authorized to act as a
personal representative shall, except when a testator directs his estate not
to be appraised or though he so directs, if the court or clerk deem it proper,
appoint three or more appraisers in every county or corporation in which
there may be any goods or chattels of the deceased or, in case of a will,
in which there may be any real estate which the personal representative
is authorized to sell or of which he is authorized to receive the rents and
profits. After taking an oath for the purpose they shall appraise such goods
or chattels as may be produced to them and also such real estate. The
appraisers shall receive reasonable compensation for their services, the
amount thereof to be subject to the approval of the commissioner of
accounts. The appraisement shall be signed by them and returned to the
commissioner of accounts of such court, who shall inspect the same, see
that it is in proper form and, within ten days after it is received and
approved by him, deliver it to the clerk of such court, who shall record the
same with the certificate of approval. The date of return of an appraise-
ment shall be entered by the commissioner in his record book. Every such
appraisement shall be prima facie evidence of the value of the estate
embraced therein and that it came to the hands of the personal
representative.