{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-1-234","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 1-234","heading":"Personal representative","body":"\"Personal representative\" includes the executor of 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.Code 1919, § 5; Code 1950, § 1-13; 1950, p. 22, § 1-13.21; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 49; 2005, c. 839.","path":["Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","Chapter 2.1. COMMON LAW AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION","Article 2. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/1-234/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:09Z","sha256":"45568bfe48af6f77ded0d40feb7aaffe05cb4495a090c8ec97425c687391bb42","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-1-233","next":"us-va/va.-code-1-235"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}