§ 64.1-177. When distribution may be required; refunding bond
A personal representative shall not be compelled to pay any legacy given by the will or make distribution of the estate of his decedent until after six months from the date of the order conferring authority on the first executor or administrator of such decedent and, except when it is otherwise specifically provided, he shall not then be compelled to make such payment or distribution until the legatee or distributee shall give him a bond, executed by himself or some other person, with sufficient surety, with condition to refund a due proportion of any debts or demands which may afterwards appear against the decedent and of the costs attending their recovery. Such bond shall be filed and recorded in the clerk's office of the court which may have decreed such payment or distribution or in which the accounts of such representative may be recorded.
(Code 1950, § 64-167; 1968, c. 656.)
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