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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376318</law_id><section_number>64.2-548</section_number><catch_line>Action against surety of personal representative; procedure</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="2" identifier="II">Wills and Decedents' Estates</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="5">Personal Representatives and Administration of Estates</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="8" identifier="8">Liability of Representatives; Administrators De Bonis Non</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> An action may be brought against the <span class="dictionary">surety</span> of the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> for failure of the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> to discharge his duties faithfully if an execution on a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> against a <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> is returned unsatisfied. <a id="paragraph-1404991" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-548/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">surety</span> may plead any <span class="dictionary">pleas</span> and offer any <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> could have made or offered in an action against the <span class="dictionary">surety</span> of the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> for a devastavit. <a id="paragraph-1404992" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-548/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 64-159, 64-160; 1968, c. 656, &#xA7;&#xA7; 64.1-169, 64.1-170; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
