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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376319</law_id><section_number>64.2-549</section_number><catch_line>Liability of personal representative or his surety</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><p>The liability of a <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> or his <span class="dictionary">surety</span> shall not exceed the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the decedent by reason of any omission or mistake in pleading or false pleading by such representative.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 64-160; 1968, c. 656, &#xA7; 64.1-170; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
