West Virginia Code § 44-4-21

How fiduciary accounts settled in suits to be recorded
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When the account of any fiduciary is settled in a suit, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the
court in which such suit is, within ten days after the close of the term of court at which the
final decree in such suit is entered, to certify, to the clerk of the county commission wherein
such fiduciary qualified, such account so far as the same has been confirmed, with a
memorandum at the foot thereof stating the style of the suit and the date ofe the final decree,
rendered in such suit. The clerk receiving such account and memorandum so certified shall
record the same in the same book in which the accounts settled before ra fiduciary
commissioner are recorded, and after recordation the original account and memorandum
shall be returned to the clerk from whom the same were certified and transmitted. If in any
proceedings subsequent to such final decree, by appeal or otherwise, the account is
reformed or altered, the reformed or altered account shall int like manner be certified and
recorded, together with a memorandum stating the style of the suit and the date of the
decree of confirmation. The fees for making the certification and for recording shall be paid
as the court in which the suit is, or the judge thereof, shall direct. Any clerk failing to comply
with this section shall be subject to the same penalties as clerks of the county commission
who fail to keep a list of fiduciaries.

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