6.1-70 - (Repealed effective October 1, 2010) Payment of balance of deceased person or person under disability to personal representative, committee, etc.
§ 6.1-70. (Repealed effective October 1, 2010) Payment of balance of deceasedperson or person under disability to personal representative, committee, etc.
Any bank may pay any balance on deposit to the credit of any deceased personor of any person under disabilities, to the personal representative, curator,conservator or committee of such person upon a letter of qualification assuch personal representative, curator, conservator or committee, issued byany court of competent jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, and such lettershall be sufficient authority for such transfer. Any such bank making suchtransfer shall no longer be liable for such deposit to any person whomsoever.The presentation of a duly certified letter of qualification as personalrepresentative, curator, conservator or committee shall be conclusive proofof the jurisdiction of the court issuing the same. Payment to a fiduciaryqualified under the law of a state other than Virginia shall be in accordancewith Chapter 5 (§ 26-59 et seq.) of Title 26 and § 64.1-130.
(Code 1950, § 6-53; 1966, c. 584; 1983, c. 487; 1997, c. 801.)