Estate Settlement Cost

Virginia source record

Every source behind the Virginia guide

3 statutes, quoted verbatim and checked against 8 named conditions that must appear in the live government text. Open the record, read the words the legislature actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch August 8, 2026

What each source establishes

The Virginia guide rests on three rules: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, and how the person administering the estate may be paid. Each is quoted below in the statute’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

Va. Code § 64.2-601

Virginia General Assembly · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

1. That the value of the decedent's entire personal probate estate as of the date of the decedent's death, wherever located, does not exceed $75,000; 2. That at least 60 days have elapsed since the decedent's death;

What was published from this source

  • smallEstate.threshold = 75000
  • smallEstate.waitingDays = 60
  • smallEstate.assetScope = personal-only

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • $75,000 ceiling
  • 60-day wait
  • gross personal probate estate, no lien deduction stated

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Court cost rule

Va. Code § 17.1-275(A)(3)

Virginia General Assembly · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

3. For appointing and qualifying any personal representative, committee, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary, in addition to any fees for recording allowed by this section, $20 for estates not exceeding $50,000, $25 for estates not exceeding $100,000 and $30 for estates exceeding $100,000. No fee shall be charged for estates of $5,000 or less.

What was published from this source

  • filingFee.summary mentions $20 / $25 / $30 value bands

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • $20 band
  • $25 band
  • $30 band

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Executor compensation rule

Va. Code § 64.2-1208(A)

Virginia General Assembly · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

A. In stating and settling the account, the commissioner of accounts shall allow the fiduciary any reasonable expenses incurred by him and, except in cases in which it is otherwise provided, a reasonable compensation in the form of a commission on receipts or otherwise.

What was published from this source

  • executorCompensation.kind = reasonable

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • reasonable compensation standard
  • commissioner of accounts allows it

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What Virginia courts publish

The statutes on this page state the rule. These are the documents the court itself publishes. Every link is probed before release, and any link that stops resolving fails the build rather than staying on the page.

  • Self-help centreProbate in Virginia, self-help centreSupreme Court of Virginia

    Links to Form CC-1601 and its instructions. The form PDF is served only to browsers, so it is reached through this page.

Limits on court material

  • The small-asset affidavit is prescribed by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia and is reached through the self-help centre.
  • Virginia assesses a separate local probate tax that is not part of the clerk fee shown here.

How to check this yourself

  1. Open the citation link. It goes to the publishing government body, not to a summary.
  2. Search the page for the quoted sentence. It is reproduced here exactly, so a text search should land on it.
  3. Compare the figures. If the statute has changed since the verification date above, the statute governs and this page is wrong.
  4. Report the difference. Naming the citation and the language you see maps onto a specific condition in the list above, which makes the correction verifiable.

Scope of these records

These sources cover the cost and route questions this site answers. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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