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It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0801\">801<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0614\">614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502087,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375918,"identifier":"64.2-1424","token":"64.2\/IV\/A\/14\/1\/64.2-1424","url":"\/64.2-1424\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1424\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/A\/14\/1\/64.2-1424","dublin_core":{"Title":"Resignation by fiduciary of his trust","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1424","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> in which or before the clerk of which a <span class=\"dictionary\">fiduciary<\/span> qualified may allow any <span class=\"dictionary\">personal representative<\/span>, guardian, conservator, or committee to resign his trust conditioned upon his accounts as the <span class=\"dictionary\">fiduciary<\/span> being stated and settled in the mode prescribed by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. 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