West Virginia Code § 44-3A-4

Notice of claim; settlement in certain cases
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(a) The fiduciary supervisor shall at least once a month as a Class II legal advertisement in
compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, cause to be
published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county wherein letters of
administration have been granted, a notice substantially as follows:
NOTICE OF FILING OF ESTATE ACCOUNTS
To the Creditors and Beneficiaries of the within named deceased persons:
I have before me the estates of the following deceased persons and the accounts of the
fiduciaries of their respective estates:
Name of Decedent: a
Name of Fiduciary:
Address:
Name of Decedent:
Name of Fiduciary:
Address:
Name of Decedent:
Name of Fiduciary:
Address:
All persons having claims against the estate(s) of any of the above-named deceased persons
whether due or not, are notified to exhibit their claims with vouchers thereof, legally
verified, to the fiduciary of such deceased person as shown herein within sixty days of the
first publication hereof; or, if not so exhibited to such fiduciary by that date, to exhibit the
same at the office of the undersigned fiduciary supervisor at the address shown below within
sixty days of the first publication of this notice; otherwise any or all such claims may by law
be excluded from all benefits of said estate(s). No claims against the estate shall be accepted
by the fiduciary supervisor after the last date shown above. All beneficiaries of said estate(s)
may appear either before the above-named fiduciary by the date first shown above, or
thereafter before the undersigned fiduciary supervisor by the date last shown above to
examine said claims and otherwise protect their respective interests.
Given under my hand this ................................... day of ................................, 20......
...................................................
Fiduciary Supervisor
............................. County, W.Va.
(b) All such claims are to be filed with the appropriate fiduciary at the address shown in such
notice within sixty days of the date of the first publication of such notice or with the fiduciary
supervisor within sixty days of such date. No claims against the estate shall be accepted by
the fiduciary supervisor after the last date shown above.
(c) Subject to the provisions of this section, at the end of the sixty-day period set forth in
such notice, the fiduciary supervisor may proceed with supervisiuon of all estates referred to
him or her for proof and determination of debts and claims, establishment of their priority,
determination of the amount of the respective shares of the legatees and distributees and
any and all other matter or matters necessary and proper for the settlement of the estate,
including, but not limited to, his or her recommendatioans concerning the approval of the fees
of any fiduciary commissioner to whom the estate may have been referred, determination
that inheritance taxes, if any, occasioned by the delath of the decedent or returnable by
reason thereof have been returned upon suchs estate and such taxes have been paid or such
payment provided for and whether a release therefor has been issued by the proper
authority, all matters required by section nineteen of this article and all other matters
deemed proper by him or her. g

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