Virginia Household Paperwork Bundle: 3 Kits in One Download (VA Executor and Estate Kit, Virginia Small Claims Kit, Virginia POA Signing Kit)

Who it is for

Families in Virginia getting papers in order: signing a power of attorney or will, settling an estate, or taking a money dispute to small claims.

Not the right fit if

You only need one of these papers (buy that kit on its own), or nothing is in Virginia. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• 3 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The Virginia kits are built only from our Virginia data files: Sources, checked November 2026: Va. Code 64.2-601, Payment or delivery of small asset by affidavit (Virginia Law); Supreme Court of Virginia form CC-1685, Small Estate Affidavit, instructions (rev. 07/26); Code of Virginia Title 64.2, Chapter 4, Wills; Virginia small claims data file, checked November 2026 against Code of Virginia Title 16.1, Chapter 6, Article 5 (Small Claims Court); Virginia power of attorney data file, checked November 2026 against Code of Virginia Title 64.2, Chapter 16, Uniform Power of Attorney Act (Virginia Law); Uniform Power of Attorney Act, popular name table (Virginia Law); Va. Code 54.1-2983, Procedure for making advance directive (Virginia Law).
• Every kit in the set is written for Virginia.

What is inside

• Virginia Executor and Estate Kit. The entire personal probate estate, wherever located, worth no more than $75,000 at the date of death (section most recently amended by 2026 Acts, c. 40). 60 days. At least 60 days after the death. Signed before a notary. Every successor's signature must be notarized. Handed to the bank or other holder. Presented to whoever holds the asset; the statute doesn't require a court filing. CC-1685, Small Estate Affidavit. Prepared by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia and signed by all known successors. Payment of a small asset of $35,000 or less without affidavit (64.2-602): A holder may pay a small asset of $35,000 or less to a successor without the affidavit, once 60 days have passed and no personal representative is sought. Two witnesses who are present at the same time, for any will not wholly in the testator's handwriting. Allowed, before an officer authorized to administer oaths under Virginia law. Recognized if wholly in the testator's handwriting and signed. At probate, two disinterested witnesses must prove the handwriting. real estate: check Va. Code 64.2-601, Payment or delivery of small asset by affidavit (Virginia Law); a witness who inherits: check Code of Virginia Title 64.2, Chapter 4, Wills.
• Virginia Small Claims Court Kit. In Virginia, small claims (Small Claims Court (Division of General District Court)) cover claims up to $5,000. From the official page: Va. How to use the kit, the 5 confirmed Virginia facts at a glance, what we couldn't confirm (filing fees, where to file, serving the other side, online filing) with the page to check, and a yes/no checklist: is the amount under $5,000, is it the right court, is there someone to serve and something to collect from. Lawyers can't represent a party at the hearing. Appeal: Appeals are as in other cases from the general district court (16.1-122.7). A defendant may remove the case to general district court any time before the judge's decision, and may use an attorney to do so (16.1-122.4). A claim calculator that adds up your items and compares the total with $5,000, a costs sheet, a deadline sheet in business days that skips weekends and federal holidays, and a collection tracker with the balance owed.
• Virginia Power of Attorney Signing Kit. Get your Virginia power of attorney signed the way the state's own law describes. A signature is presumed genuine if acknowledged before a notary; the section doesn't make notarization a condition of validity. To be recordable it must meet 55.1-600. Step by step in signing order: statutory form: The chapter's form (64.2-1639) is an agent's certification, not a power of attorney form; notary: Notarizing isn't a condition of validity here, but do it anyway; witnesses: The execution section doesn't mention witnesses; agent's acknowledgment: No signed acceptance is required before acting; recording for real estate: The chapter has no separate real estate recording rule; to be recordable a power of attorney must satisfy 55.1-600; durable after incapacity: Durable unless it expressly says otherwise. Healthcare: A written advance directive is signed before two subscribing witnesses; the section doesn't mention a notary. Notary: "in order to be recordable shall satisfy the requirements of § 55.1-600." Witnesses: "signed by the principal" Agent's acknowledgment: "Unless the power of attorney provides otherwise, a person accepts appointment as an agent by acting" Recording for real estate: "in order to be recordable shall satisfy the requirements of § 55.1-600." Healthcare power of attorney: "A written advance directive shall be signed by the declarant in the presence of two subscribing witnesses" Recording: The chapter has no separate real estate recording rule; to be recordable a power of attorney must satisfy 55.1-600. Agent: An agent accepts by acting or other conduct showing acceptance. Plus a copies log.