§ 64.1-75.1. Appointment of administrator for prosecution of action for personal injury or wrongful death agains...
In any case in which it is represented that an action at law for personal injury or death by wrongful act upon a cause of action arising within this Commonwealth is contemplated against or on behalf of the estate or the beneficiaries of the estate of a resident or nonresident of this Commonwealth who has died within or without this Commonwealth and for whose estate an executor has not been appointed, an administrator of such person may be appointed, solely for the purpose of prosecution of said suit, by the clerk of the court having jurisdiction for the probate of wills in the county or city in which jurisdiction and venue would have been properly laid for such action in the same manner as if the person for whom the appointment thereof is sought had survived.
(1970, c. 475; 2001, c. 376; 2003, c. 265.)
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