<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>371039</law_id><section_number>58.1-1716</section_number><catch_line>Estates committed to court-appointed administrator</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="125" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="17" identifier="17">Miscellaneous Taxes</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Tax on Wills and Administrations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When an estate is committed by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the appropriate <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>, or clerk thereof, to any person on the <span class="dictionary">motion</span> of a <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> or other person pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="When court may allow another to qualify on estate" href="/64.2-610/">64.2-610</a>, the tax due under this article for such administration shall be paid by the <span class="dictionary">party</span> upon whose <span class="dictionary">motion</span> the estate was committed. The amount of tax paid by such <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> or other person shall be repaid to him by the administrator so appointed out of the first funds received by him from the sale of such estate. If an estate is committed to a person without <span class="dictionary">motion</span> the person shall be required to pay such tax as soon as <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the estate, sufficient to cover the tax due, have come into his hands.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-69; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
