§ 64.1-93. Appointment of curator; when made; his duties
Such court or clerk as is mentioned in § 64.1-75, or any duly qualified deputy of such clerk, may appoint a curator of the estate of a decedent during a contest about his will, or during the infancy or in the absence of an executor, or until administration of the estate be granted, taking from him bond in a reasonable penalty. The curator shall take care that the estate is not wasted before the qualification of an executor or administrator, or before such estate shall lawfully come into possession of such executor or administrator. He may demand, sue for, recover and receive all debts due to the decedent, and all his other personal estate, and likewise may lease or receive the rents and profits of any real estate whereof the decedent or testator may have died seized or possessed. He shall pay debts, so far as such payment may not affect the priority in the order of payment prescribed by law, and may be sued in like manner as an executor or administrator; and upon the qualification of an executor or administrator shall account with him for and pay and deliver to him such estate as he has in his hands or may be liable for.
(Code 1950, § 64-89; 1968, c. 656.)
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