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Trustees shall be allowed their reasonable and necessary disbursements for the costs and expenses and shall receive for their services commissions of all moneys disbursed or turned over by them to any person, including lienholders and secured creditors, which commissions shall be ten percent on the first fifteen hundred dollars or less, five percent on moneys in excess of fifteen hundred dollars and less than ten thousand dollars, three percent on moneys in excess of ten thousand dollars and less than twenty-five thousand dollars, and two percent on moneys in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, or such additional compensation as a majority in number and amount of the creditors present at the meeting provided for in section ten of this article, or at a subsequent meeting held for the purpose of fixing compensations, shall allow, but the compensation shall in no case be less than fifty dollars. Fiduciary commissioners shall be allowed their reasonable and necessary disbursements for costs and expenses and shall receive for their services such compensation as the court shall from time to time prescribe. The fiduciary commissioner shall indicate, in writing, the compensation he believes he is entitled to receive for services performed. Appraisers shall receive for their services a fair and reasonable allowance which shall be fixed by the fiduciary commissioner upon a petition therefor showing the amount of time spent by the appraisers in the performance of their duties. Attorneys for the trustee shall receive for their service a fair and reasonable allowance which shall be fixed by the fiduciary commissioner upon petition showing the service rendered by them.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - West Virginia Code Chapter 38. Liens § 38-13-16. Expenses and fees of trustee, fiduciary commissioner, appraisers and attorneys for trustee - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wv/chapter-38-liens/wv-code-sect-38-13-16/
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