As a nominated trustee do I need to qualify before the clerk of court in the county where the trusts are going to be created?

As a nominated trustee do I need to qualify before the clerk of court in the county where the trusts are going to be created?

My mother’s Will, which created 2 testamentary trusts, was probated in PA. However; the trusts are going to be established in VA. Since the Will was not probated in VA but the trusts created by the Will are going to be established there, do I as the person who was nominated in the Will as testamentary trustee, need to formally qualify before the clerk of the circuit court?

Asked on October 11, 2011 under Estate Planning, Virginia

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