Chap. 287.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5379 of the Code of Virginia
as amended by an act approved March 24, 1922. (S B 133]

Approved March 15, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
fifty-three hundred and seventy-nine of the Code of Virginia, as amended
by an act approved March twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 5379. Personal representatives to furnish the ages and
addresses of heirs; affidavit; clerk to record list; cost of recording; list as
evidence; commissions of personal representatives.—Every personal rep-
resentative of a decedent, whether such decedent died testate or intes-
tate, shall, at the time of his qualification, furnish the court or clerk
before which or before whom he qualifies, a list of the names, and as far
as possible the ages and addresses, of the heirs of his decedent, if intes-
tate; and, if testate, a list of those persons who would have been the
decedent’s heirs, had he died intestate, and the degree of kinship of
each, to the decedent, accompanied by affidavit that he has made dili-
gent inquiry 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 decedent 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 decedent. Such personal representative
shall not receive any compensation for his services 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.