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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377660</law_id><section_number>8.01-590</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for failure of duty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>56-265.13:6.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="50" identifier="22">Receivers, General and Special</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Receivers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If a general receiver fail to keep the account, or to make out and return the statements required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="How accounts kept by receivers" href="/8.01-585/">8.01-585</a>, he shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 to be imposed by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> at its discretion; and the condition of his official <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be taken to embrace the liability of himself and his sureties for any such fine.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-733; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Estate of Hackler v. Hackler</name><case_number>1827032</case_number><citation>602 S.E.2d 426</citation><date>2004-09-21</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063715/estate-of-hackler-v-hackler/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. CLEMENTS, J., .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
