Chap. 384.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5379 of the Code of
Virginia. [H B 77]
Approved March 24, 1922.

I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion fifty-three hundred and seventy-nine of the Code of Virginia
be amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 5379. Personal representatives to furnish the ages and ad-
dresses of heirs; affidavit; clerk to record list; cost of recording;
list as evidence ; commissions of personal representatives.—Every per-
sonal representative of an intestate shall, at the time of his qualifica-
tion, furnish the court or clerk granting the administration a list
of the names, and as far as possible the ages and addresses, of the
heirs of his decedent, and the degree of kinship of each, to the
decedent, accompanied by his affidavit that he has made diligent in-
quiry as to such names, ages and addresses, and that he believes such
list to be true and correct, which list it shall be the duty of the
clerk to record in the will book and index in the name of the de-
cedent as grantor and the heirs as grantees. Such list so made and
recorded shall be prima facie evidence of facts therein stated. The
cost of recording such list shall be deemed a part of the cost of
administration, and be paid out of the estate of the intestate. Such
personal representative shall not receive any compensation for his ser-
vices until such list is filed and recorded, unless he files an affidavit
before the commissioner of accounts that said heirs are unknown to
him, and that after diligent inquiry he has been unable to ascertain
their names, ages, or addresses as the case may be.