CHAPTER 448

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

[H 381]

Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

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

§ 64-126. Where the estate exceeds the value of * two thousand five
hundred 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 appraisement 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.