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And any submission so made in good faith, and the award made thereupon, shall be binding and entered as the judgment of a court, if so required by the agreement, in the same manner as other submissions and awards. No such fiduciary shall be responsible for any loss sustained by an award adverse to the interests of the person under a disability or beneficiary under any such trust, unless it was caused by his fault or neglect.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1408891,"text":"Any personal representative of a decedent, fiduciary of a person under a disability, or other fiduciary may submit to arbitration any suit or matter of controversy touching the estate or property of such decedent, or person under a disability or in respect to which he is trustee. And any submission so made in good faith, and the award made thereupon, shall be binding and entered as the judgment of a court, if so required by the agreement, in the same manner as other submissions and awards. No such fiduciary shall be responsible for any loss sustained by an award adverse to the interests of the person under a disability or beneficiary under any such trust, unless it was caused by his fault or neglect.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":53668,"edition_id":2,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":53667,"metadata":{"child_laws":3,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:20:19","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:25","permalink":{"id":1505817,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":53668,"identifier":"1","token":"8.01\/21\/1","url":"\/8.01\/21\/1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":53667,"edition_id":2,"name":"Arbitration and Award","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":46,"parent_id":53558,"metadata":{"child_laws":19,"child_structures":2},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:20:19","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:25","permalink":{"id":1505815,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":53667,"identifier":"21","token":"8.01\/21","url":"\/8.01\/21\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":53558,"edition_id":2,"name":"Civil Remedies and Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":12,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":1095,"child_structures":142},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:18:32","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:09","permalink":{"id":1504031,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":53558,"identifier":"8.01","token":"8.01","url":"\/8.01\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":377593,"structure_id":53668,"section_number":"8.01-577","catch_line":"Submission of controversy; agreement to arbitrate; condition precedent to action","url":"\/8.01-577\/","token":"8.01\/21\/1\/8.01-577","metadata":false},{"id":377594,"structure_id":53668,"section_number":"8.01-578","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/8.01-578\/","token":"8.01\/21\/1\/8.01-578","metadata":false},{"id":377649,"structure_id":53668,"section_number":"8.01-581","catch_line":"Fiduciary may submit to arbitration","url":"\/8.01-581\/","token":"8.01\/21\/1\/8.01-581","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":377594,"structure_id":53668,"section_number":"8.01-578","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/8.01-578\/","token":"8.01\/21\/1\/8.01-578","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.01-581\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. 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And any submission so made in good faith, and the award made thereupon, shall be binding and entered as the <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, if so required by the agreement, in the same manner as other submissions and awards. No such <span class=\"dictionary\">fiduciary<\/span> shall be responsible for any loss sustained by an award adverse to the interests of the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> under a disability or beneficiary under any such trust, unless it was caused by his fault or neglect.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFIDUCIARY MAY SUBMIT TO ARBITRATION (\u00a7 8.01-581)\n\nAny personal representative of a decedent, fiduciary of a person under a\ndisability, or other fiduciary may submit to arbitration any suit or matter of\ncontroversy touching the estate or property of such decedent, or person under a\ndisability or in respect to which he is trustee. And any submission so made in\ngood faith, and the award made thereupon, shall be binding and entered as the\njudgment of a court, if so required by the agreement, in the same manner as\nother submissions and awards. No such fiduciary shall be responsible for any\nloss sustained by an award adverse to the interests of the person under a\ndisability or beneficiary under any such trust, unless it was caused by his\nfault or neglect.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-507; 1977, c. 617.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}