State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Maryland > Estates-and-trusts > Title-5 > Subtitle-8 > 5-802§ 5-802. Filing of petition.
A petition for admission of a copy of a will may be filed with the court at any time before administrative or judicial probate if:
(1) The original executed will is alleged to be lost or destroyed;
(2) A duplicate reproduction of the original executed will, evidencing a copy of the original signatures of the decedent and the witnesses, is offered for admission; and
(3) All the heirs at law and legatees named in the offered will execute a consent in the manner set forth in § 5-803 of this subtitle.
[2009, ch. 37.]
