HB2266 S JUDICIARY AMT

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            The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

            Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2266--A Bill to repeal §44-2-2 and §44-2-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-5-9a; to amend and reenact §44-1-14a of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §44-1-30; and to amend and reenact §44-2-1 of said code, all relating generally to administration of estates; repealing provision requiring fiduciary commissioner to publish notice of time for receiving claims against decedents’ estates; changing requirements for publication by county clerk; requiring legal residences to be included on certificates of death; reducing creditors claim period from ninety to sixty days; increasing value of estates for which a fiduciary commissioner need not be appointed; and authorizing clerk of the county commission to require a certified copy of a decedent's certificate of death or other proof of death and residence.

Adopted

Rejected