WHAT WE DO ---

The Commissioner of Accounts has general supervision over persons who qualify in the Circuit Court of Danville as fiduciaries, that is, as executors, administrators, trustees, conservators, guardians and committees.

The Commissioner

• supervises the performance of fiduciaries and provides information about administration procedure
• audits fiduciary inventories and accountings
• enforces the law with respect to filing deadlines, sufficiency of bonds, and the propriety of fiduciary actions
• adjudicates disputes and claims relating to estates and trusts

The Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner are appointed by the judges of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit.

The system is user-fee-based; that is, fees, set by the Judicial Council of the Virginia Supreme Court, are charged for filings and for hearings. Thus, the Commonwealth does not bear any of the cost of the office.