CHAPTER 334

An Act to amend and reenact § 64-126, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to appraisement of decedents’ estates. 3 5G
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Approved April 1, 1966

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. * Every court or clerk by whose order any person is author-
ized to act as a personal representative shall, * tf requested by the personal
representative or if the court or clerk deem it proper appoint three or more
disinterested and competent appraisers * who after taking an oath for the
purpose * shall appraise * all property, both real and personal, which is
under the supervision and control of the personal representative, and such
other property as the personal representative may request. If appatsers
are appointed, the personal representative shall request appraisement of
all the property of the estate of which he has knowledge. The appaisers
shall receive reasonable compensation for their services, the amount thereof
to be subject to the approval of the commissioner of accounts. The inven-
tory and appraisement shall be signed by them and returned to the com-
missioners 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
for all purposes and that it came to the hands of the personal representative.