{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-557","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 64.2-557","heading":"Form for notice to show cause under § 64.2-556","body":"Any notice to show cause published or posted in pursuance of the requirements of § 64.2-556 may be substantially in the form following:Virginia: In the _______________ Court of _______________the __________ day of _______________Re: ____________________, deceased.SHOW CAUSE ORDERIt appearing that a report of the accounts of ____________________, Personal Representative of the estate of ____________________, deceased, and of the debts and demands against (his) (her) estate has been filed in the Clerk's Office, and that six months have elapsed since the qualification, on motion of ____________________, (a distributee;) (a legatee;) (the personal representative;) IT IS ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the estate do show cause, if any they can, on the __________ day of _______________ (before this Court at its courtroom) at ____________________ against the payment and delivery of the Estate of ____________________, deceased, to (the distributees) (the legatees) (without requiring refunding bonds) (with or without refunding bonds as the Court prescribes).A Copy -- Teste:________________________________________Clerk________________________________________, p.q.Code 1950, § 64-170; 1968, c. 656, § 64.1-180; 2012, c. 614.","path":["Title 64.2. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","Subtitle II. WILLS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES","Chapter 5. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES","Article 9. SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND DISTRIBUTION"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-557/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:14Z","sha256":"60f891d4abaf0ae281fcac07e7a8e3a2dabba9d932138fccd6ec385db50a9b72","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-556","next":"us-va/va.-code-64.2-558"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}