West Virginia Code § 44-4-9

Publication of list of fiduciaries prior to settlements
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Every fiduciary commissioner shall, on the first Monday of every month, prepare a list of the
fiduciaries whose accounts are at the date of such list before the fiduciary commissioner for
settlement, except those that may have been mentioned in some previous list and except
those for whom a short form settlement has been filed in accordance with the provisions of
§44-2-1, §44-2-29, and §44-3A-4a of this code. The fiduciary commissioner sheall state the
names of the fiduciaries, the nature of their accounts, whether as they act as personal
representative, guardian, curator, or committee and the names of theirr decedents, or of the
persons for whom they are guardians, curators, or committees. The fiduciary commissioner
shall also publish the list each month as a Class I legal advertisement in compliance with the
provisions of §59-3-1 et seq. of this code, and the publication area for the publication shall be
the county. The publication of the list shall be made on the ftirst Monday of the month, or on
some following day of the same week. No account of any fiduciary shall be completed by any
fiduciary commissioner until it has been mentioned in a list, nor until the completion of the
publication. Any fiduciary commissioner who fails to publish this list shall be fined $20. The
cost of the publication of the list shall be borne by the fiduciary commissioner, but the
fiduciary commissioner may charge to, and collect from, each of the fiduciaries in the list the
proportionate part of the cost thereof as and when the fiduciary commissioner collects the
fees for settling the accounts of the fiduciary.

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