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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376093</law_id><section_number>64.2-2309</section_number><catch_line>Costs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="136" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="V">Provisions Applicable to Probate and Nonprobate Transfers</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="23">Persons Presumed Dead</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The costs attendant to the issuing of an <span class="dictionary">order</span> determining death or the <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of such <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall be paid out of the estate of the presumed decedent. If the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> for the issuance or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of an <span class="dictionary">order</span> determining death is not granted, the costs shall be paid by the petitioner.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 64-111; 1968, c. 656, &#xA7; 64.1-115; 2006, c. 351; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
