The creditor claim period of 2 monthsW. Va. Code §§ 44-1-14A, 44-2-21Verified Sep 15, 2026View source protects the personal representative who distributes after it; it is not a bar, and late claims can still reach undistributed assets.
Within 90 daysW. Va. Code § 44-1-14Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of the personal representative's appointment.
The personal representative closes a typical estate by filing a sworn short form settlement (W. Va. Code § 44-3A-4a) — or its twin, a waiver of final settlement (§ 44-2-29) — an affidavit that the claim period has expired, no known and unpaid claims exist, and each distributee's and beneficiary's share has been (or on approval will be) delivered, accompanied by a waiver signed by each distributee and beneficiary; the fiduciary supervisor records it and mails copies, and if no objection or referral request is made the county commission confirms by order and discharges the PR and suretyW. Va. Code §§ 44-2-1, 44-2-29, 44-3A-4, 44-3A-4a, 44-3A-5Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
A person named as personal representative who will not serve refuses the appointment before anyone is appointed; the instrument is a written renunciation filed with the courtW. Va. Code § 44-1-2Verified Sep 23, 2026View source. The writing is signed and acknowledged before a notaryMonroe County Commission, Nomination and Waiver for Appointment of Executor or ExecutrixVerified Sep 23, 2026View source.
Short form settlement: not until more than 60 days after the fiduciary supervisor filed the § 44-3A-4 notice of claim (the notice runs a 60-day creditor-claim period from first publication), and only after any § 11-11 estate-tax lien release is filed with the clerk. The alternative waiver of final settlement (§ 44-2-29) requires more than 90 days since filing the noticeW. Va. Code §§ 44-3A-4a(a), 44-3A-4(b), 44-2-29(a)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.