§ 26-13. Enforcing filing of such inventories
If any fiduciary fails to make the return required by § 26-12, the commissioner shall issue, through the sheriff or other proper officer, a summons to such fiduciary, requiring him to make such return; and if such return is not made within 30 days after the date of service of the summons, the commissioner shall report the fact to his court. The court shall immediately thereupon order a summons to the fiduciary, requiring him to appear; and upon his appearing unless excused for sufficient reason, he shall be fined by the court in a sum not to exceed $500. If the fiduciary still fails to make the return within such time as the court may prescribe, he shall be deemed guilty of contempt of court, and be dealt with accordingly.
Whenever the commissioner reports to the court that a fiduciary, who is an attorney-at-law licensed to practice in the Commonwealth, has failed to make the required return within 30 days after the date of service of a summons, the commissioner shall also mail a copy of his report to the Virginia State Bar.
(Code 1919, § 5403; 1932, p. 337; 1956, c. 159; 2003, c. 193.)
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