§ 64.2-532 Real estate of decedent as assets for payment of debts.
§ 64.2-533 Administration of assets for payment of debts.
§ 64.2-534 Liability of heir or devisee for value of real estate sold and conveyed; validity of premature conveyances.
§ 64.2-535 When sale and conveyance within one year valid against creditors; proceeds paid to special commissioner; bond to obtain proceeds.
§ 64.2-536 Liability of heir or devisee; action by personal representative or creditor; recording notice of lis pendens; evidence.
§ 64.2-537 Action to enforce claim of less than $100; notice.
§ 64.2-538 Lien acquired during lifetime of decedent not affected.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 64.2 > Subtitle II > Chapter 5 > Article 6 - Liability of Real Estate to Debts.

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Emergency personnel: means any persons, paid or volunteer, who receive calls for dispatch of police, fire, or emergency medical services personnel, and includes law-enforcement officers, firefighters, including special forest wardens designated pursuant to § Virginia Code 18.2-426
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Personal estate: includes chattels real and such other estate as, upon the death of the owner intestate, would devolve upon his personal representative. See Virginia Code 1-233
  • Personal representative: includes the executor under a will or the administrator of the estate of a decedent, the administrator of such estate with the will annexed, the administrator of such estate unadministered by a former representative, whether there is a will or not, any person who is under the order of a circuit court to take into his possession the estate of a decedent for administration, and every other curator of a decedent's estate, for or against whom suits may be brought for causes of action that accrued to or against the decedent. See Virginia Code 64.2-100
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights and appurtenances thereto and interests therein, other than a chattel interest. See Virginia Code 1-219