{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2303","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 64.2-2303","heading":"Persons presumed dead; authority of clerk","body":"A clerk of the circuit court has no authority to (i) admit to probate a will of a person presumed to be dead, (ii) grant administration upon the estate of a person presumed to be dead, or (iii) appoint a curator pursuant to § 64.2-2302.Code 1950, § 64-103; 1968, c. 656, § 64.1-107; 1996, cc. 675, 684; 2006, c. 351; 2012, c. 614.","path":["Title 64.2. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","Subtitle V. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PROBATE AND NONPROBATE TRANSFERS","Chapter 23. PERSONS PRESUMED DEAD"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-2303/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:14Z","sha256":"2cb6f0e90916836176bf2c4c2089a42c93afb53c4e311c7d73299d4ffcc88c77","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2302","next":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-2304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}