Virginia Probate and Estate Guides
Find Virginia guides for probate, executor duties, court forms, taxes, planning documents, property transfers, and ways to avoid probate.
Probate Basics
Start with probate paths, timelines, estate size, and when court filings may be needed.
Forms & Court
Find court paperwork, county office steps, letters, certificates, and filing authority.
Executor Duties
Understand executor authority, records, notices, inventory, accounting, and distributions.
- Virginia Executor Duties
- Can You Handle Virginia Probate Without a Lawyer?
- How to Qualify as Executor in Virginia
- Probate Without a Will in Virginia
- Virginia Estate Inventory Guide
- Virginia Probate Bond Requirements: When Executors Must Post Bond
- Virginia Probate Debt Payment Priority: The Order Executors Must Follow
Taxes & Deadlines
Review tax timing, claim periods, fees, deadlines, and estate cost questions.
- Virginia Probate Timeline
- Ancillary Probate in Virginia: Out-of-State Property
- How to Contest a Will in Virginia
- Virginia and the Federal Estate Tax
- Virginia Estate Accounting and Distribution (CC-1680)
- Virginia Estate Creditor Claims and Debts & Demands
- Virginia Probate Accounting: What Executors Must Report
- Virginia Step-Up in Basis: Inherited Property Tax
Planning Documents
Compare wills, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and planning documents.
Property Transfer
Transfer homes, vehicles, accounts, and other property after death.
Avoiding Probate
Use beneficiary designations, trusts, transfer-on-death tools, and title planning.
Need a starting point in Virginia?
Use the free probate assessment or start with your county page if you already know where the estate will be filed.