CHAPTER 3. UPC -- PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION
- Part 1. General Provisions
- 72-3-101. Devolution of estate at death -- restrictions.
- 72-3-102. Necessity of probate of will.
- 72-3-103. Necessity of appointment for administration.
- 72-3-104. Claims against decedent -- necessity of administration.
- 72-3-105. Interested persons' rights of application and petition.
- 72-3-106. Interested person's right to demand notice of order or filing.
- 72-3-107. through reserved.
- 72-3-111. Exclusive jurisdiction of court -- binding nature of orders after notice.
- 72-3-112. Venue for estate proceedings.
- 72-3-113. Rules for determining location of property.
- 72-3-114. Conflicting claim as to domicile in another state.
- 72-3-115. through reserved.
- 72-3-121. Scope of proceedings when no supervised administration -- proceedings independent -- combination of proceedings.
- 72-3-122. Time limit on probate, testacy, and appointment proceedings -- exceptions.
- 72-3-123. Statutes of limitation on decedent's cause of action -- applicability.
- 72-3-124. through reserved.
- 72-3-131. Compromise of controversies.
- 72-3-132. Procedure for securing court approval of compromise.
- Part 10. Closing Estates
- 72-3-1001. Formal proceedings terminating administration -- testate or intestate -- order of complete settlement.
- 72-3-1002. Order of complete settlement as to persons previously omitted or unnotified in previous formal testacy proceeding.
- 72-3-1003. Formal proceedings terminating administration under informally probated will -- settlement order construing will without adjudicating testacy.
- 72-3-1004. Closing estate by sworn statement of personal representative.
- 72-3-1005. Final accounting required to close estate.
- 72-3-1006. Certificate.
- 72-3-1007. through reserved.
- 72-3-1011. Limitation on actions against personal representative.
- 72-3-1012. Liability of distributees to claimants.
- 72-3-1013. Limitation on actions against distributees.
- 72-3-1014. Certificate discharging liens securing fiduciary performance.
- 72-3-1015. Estate to be closed within two years.
- 72-3-1016. Subsequent administration upon discovery of other property.
- Part 11. Collection of Personal Property by Affidavit and Summary Administration Procedure for Small Estates
- Part 2. Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings
- 72-3-201. Applications to be verified.
- 72-3-202. Required contents of application.
- 72-3-203. Probate and appointment under will -- additional information required.
- 72-3-204. Appointment in intestacy -- additional information required.
- 72-3-205. Application for appointment of successor personal representative.
- 72-3-206. through reserved.
- 72-3-211. Informal probate -- notice requirements.
- 72-3-212. Informal probate -- clerk to make findings.
- 72-3-213. Rules for grant or denial of informal probate.
- 72-3-214. Power of clerk to deny informal probate -- effect of denial.
- 72-3-215. Clerk to issue statement of informal probate -- effect -- procedural defect not to void probate.
- 72-3-216. through reserved.
- 72-3-220. Nondomiciliary decedent -- will filed and not probated in domiciliary state.
- 72-3-221. Informal appointment -- notice requirements.
- 72-3-222. Informal appointment -- clerk to make findings.
- 72-3-223. Rules for denial of informal appointment.
- 72-3-224. Informal appointment -- power of clerk to deny -- effect of denial.
- 72-3-225. Duty of clerk to make appointment -- effect.
- Part 3. Formal Testacy and Appointment Proceedings
- 72-3-301. Petition for formal testacy or appointment -- contents -- last will.
- 72-3-302. Formal testacy proceedings -- nature -- how and when commenced.
- 72-3-303. Formal proceeding supersedes all informal applications.
- 72-3-304. Effect of formal proceeding on power of informally appointed personal representative.
- 72-3-305. Notice of hearing on petition for formal testacy proceeding.
- 72-3-306. Notice and procedure when fact of death in doubt.
- 72-3-307. Hearings and proof in uncontested cases.
- 72-3-308. Written objections to probate.
- 72-3-309. Testimony of attesting witnesses in contested cases -- presumptions for self-proved will.
- 72-3-310. Burdens in contested cases.
- 72-3-311. Priority of determinations in contested cases.
- 72-3-312. Effect of final order in another state.
- 72-3-313. Order for formal probate.
- 72-3-314. Probate of more than one instrument -- order.
- 72-3-315. Order of partial intestacy.
- 72-3-316. Will from place where probate unprovided for.
- 72-3-317. Effect of formal testacy order -- modification or vacation -- fact of death -- remedies of alleged decedent.
- 72-3-318. Modification or vacation for other cause.
- 72-3-319. Formal appointment proceedings.
- 72-3-320. Nondomiciliary decedent -- will filed and not probated in domiciliary state.
- Part 4. Supervised Administration
- Part 5. Personal Representative Appointment Priorities, Bond, and Termination
- 72-3-501. Who may not be personal representative.
- 72-3-502. Priorities for appointment.
- 72-3-503. Objection to appointment.
- 72-3-504. Renunciation -- nomination of other -- two or more persons sharing priority.
- 72-3-505. Rights of conservators relating to appointment.
- 72-3-506. Priority of domiciliary personal representative.
- 72-3-507. Appointment of one not having priority.
- 72-3-508. Application of priority provisions to appointment of successor.
- 72-3-509. and reserved.
- 72-3-511. Acceptance of appointment -- consent to jurisdiction.
- 72-3-512. Qualification -- filing of bond and statement of acceptance.
- 72-3-513. Bond -- when required.
- 72-3-514. Demand for bond by interested person.
- 72-3-515. Bond amount -- security -- reduction.
- 72-3-516. Terms of bond -- liability of surety.
- 72-3-517. through reserved.
- 72-3-521. Termination of appointment -- general effect.
- 72-3-522. Termination of appointment -- death or disability.
- 72-3-523. Termination of appointment -- change of testacy status.
- 72-3-524. Termination of appointment -- closing of estate.
- 72-3-525. Termination of appointment -- voluntary.
- 72-3-526. Termination of appointment -- removal for cause.
- 72-3-527. Successor personal representative.
- Part 6. Personal Representative Powers, Duties, and Compensation
- 72-3-601. Time of accrual of duties and powers -- power of executor prior to appointment -- ratification.
- 72-3-602. Priority among different letters.
- 72-3-603. Notice of appointment to heirs and devisees.
- 72-3-604. Standing to sue.
- 72-3-605. Personal representative to proceed without court order -- power to invoke jurisdiction.
- 72-3-606. Possession and protection of estate.
- 72-3-607. Inventory -- appraisal.
- 72-3-608. Repealed.
- 72-3-609. Supplemental inventory.
- 72-3-610. General duties -- fiduciary.
- 72-3-611. No surcharge for authorized acts generally -- limitation.
- 72-3-612. No individual liability -- exceptions -- certain claims to be brought against personal representative.
- 72-3-613. Transactions authorized for personal representative.
- 72-3-614. Power to recover property that is subject of void or voidable transfer.
- 72-3-615. Transaction involving conflict of interest -- voidable -- exceptions.
- 72-3-616. Improper exercise of power -- breach of fiduciary duty.
- 72-3-617. Order restraining personal representative.
- 72-3-618. Persons dealing with personal representative -- protection.
- 72-3-619. and reserved.
- 72-3-621. Powers and duties of successor personal representative.
- 72-3-622. Corepresentatives -- when joint action required.
- 72-3-623. Persons dealing with single corepresentative -- protection.
- 72-3-624. Powers of remaining corepresentative.
- 72-3-625. through reserved.
- 72-3-631. Compensation of personal representative.
- 72-3-632. Expenses of personal representative in estate litigation.
- 72-3-633. Compensation of attorney.
- 72-3-634. Proceedings for review of employment of agents and compensation of personal representatives and employees.
- Part 7. Special Administrator
- 72-3-701. Special administrator -- how and when appointed.
- 72-3-702. Special administrator -- who may be appointed.
- 72-3-703. Special administrator appointed informally -- powers and duties.
- 72-3-704. Special administrator -- formal proceedings -- power and duties.
- 72-3-705. Special administrator -- termination of appointment.
- Part 8. Creditors' Claims
- 72-3-801. Notice to creditors.
- 72-3-802. Statutes of limitations -- waiver -- suspension.
- 72-3-803. Nonclaim -- limitations on presentation of claims -- exceptions.
- 72-3-804. Manner of presentation of claims.
- 72-3-805. Allowance and disallowance of claims -- interest on allowed claims.
- 72-3-806. Counterclaims -- deduction.
- 72-3-807. Classification of claims as to priority of payment.
- 72-3-808. Payment of claims.
- 72-3-809. and reserved.
- 72-3-811. Secured claims.
- 72-3-812. Encumbered assets.
- 72-3-813. Execution and levies prohibited.
- 72-3-814. Claims not due and contingent or unliquidated claims.
- 72-3-815. Compromise of claims.
- 72-3-816. through reserved.
- 72-3-821. Administration in more than one state -- payment of claims.
- 72-3-822. Distribution to domiciliary personal representative -- exceptions.
- Part 9. Special Provisions Relating to Distribution
- 72-3-901. Abatement.
- 72-3-902. Distribution in kind preferred -- method -- valuation.
- 72-3-903. Proposal for distribution -- delivery -- objection.
- 72-3-904. Distribution in kind -- evidence of title.
- 72-3-905. Distribution by personal representative conclusive evidence of succession to interest by distributee.
- 72-3-906. Improper distribution or payment -- liability of distributee or payee.
- 72-3-907. Purchases from distributees protected.
- 72-3-908. through reserved.
- 72-3-911. Successors' rights if no administration.
- 72-3-912. Successor's indebtedness to estate offset against interest -- defenses available.
- 72-3-913. Interest on general pecuniary devise.
- 72-3-914. Partition for purpose of distribution.
- 72-3-915. Private agreements among successors as to distribution -- testamentary trustee as successor.
- 72-3-916. Distribution to trustee -- registration -- bond.
- 72-3-917. Distribution to person under disability.
- 72-3-918. Disposition of unclaimed assets -- escheat.