Virginia § 64.2-1415 - Liability for losses by negligence or failure to make defense
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 64.2-1415 — Liability for losses by negligence or failure to make defense, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 64.2-1415. Liability for losses by negligence or failure to make defense
A. If any personal representative, guardian, conservator, curator, or committee, or any agent or attorney-at-law, by his negligence or improper conduct, loses any debt or other money, he shall be charged with the principal of what is so lost, and interest thereon, in like manner as if he had received such principal.
B. If any personal representative, guardian, conservator, curator, or committee pays any debt the recovery of which could be prevented by reason of illegality of consideration, lapse of time, or otherwise, knowing the facts by which the recovery could have been prevented, no credit shall be allowed to him for such payment.
Code 1919, § 5406; Code 1950, § 26-5; 1997, c. 801; 2012, c. 614.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 64.2-1415 ("Liability for losses by negligence or failure to make defense") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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