Chapter 7. Administration of Estates Generally
Article 1. Powers and Duties Generally
- § 53-7-1. General Powers and Duties of Personal Representative; Additional Powers
- § 53-7-2. Administration of Entire Estate; Distribution of Residuum
- § 53-7-3. Powers and Immunities of Administrator With Will Annexed
- § 53-7-4. Powers of Temporary Administrators Pending Appointment of Personal Representative and Executors Pending Litigation of Caveats to Wills
- § 53-7-5. Powers, Duties, and Liabilities If More Than One Personal Representative; Safe Deposit Boxes Or Receptacles
- § 53-7-6. Power to Borrow Money, Make and Fulfill Contracts, Provide Legal Counsel, Continue Decedent's Business, and Perform Other Acts
- § 53-7-7. Disposition of Income Received During Administration
- § 53-7-8. Support and Education of Minor Heirs and Beneficiaries Without Guardians
Article 2. Actions Against Personal Representatives
- § 53-7-10. Allowable Defenses; Generally
- § 53-7-11. Allowable Defenses; Action Originating In Lifetime of Decedent
- § 53-7-12. Survival of Action
- § 53-7-13. Service of Process
- § 53-7-14. Action Against Removed Personal Administrator
- § 53-7-15. Applicability of Provisions Relating to Sureties On Guardians' Bonds
- § 53-7-16. Joint and Several Liability of Personal Representative and Sureties
- § 53-7-17. Liability On Common Bond of Two Or More Personal Representatives
- § 53-7-18. Liability of Sureties On Bond of Removed Personal Representative
- § 53-7-19. Action On Bond For Failure to Settle and Account With Heir Or Beneficiary
- § 53-7-20. Action On Bond Upon Liability of Decedent and Return of Execution Marked Nulla Bona
- § 53-7-21. Against What Property Judgement Levied
- § 53-7-22. Levy Upon Property; Entering of Judgment and Issuance of Execution
- § 53-7-23. Property Upon Which Execution Levied
Article 3. Inventory
- § 53-7-30. Filing and Contents
- § 53-7-31. Making of Inventory Jointly By All Personal Representatives; Proof of Joint Possession of Assets
- § 53-7-32. Waiver of Right to Receive; Relieving Personal Representative of Duty to Make
- § 53-7-33. Power of Testator to Dispense With Making Inventory
- § 53-7-34. Failure to Return a Correct Inventory
Article 4. Claims Against Or In Favor of Estate
- § 53-7-40. Liability of Estate; Priority of Claims
- § 53-7-41. Notice For Creditors to Render Accounts; Failure of Creditors to Give Notice of Claims
- § 53-7-42. Time For Payment of Debts; Time For Commencing Action to Recover Debt
- § 53-7-43. Compelling Heirs Or Beneficiaries to Contribute to Payment of Debt
- § 53-7-44. Satisfaction of Debts
- § 53-7-45. Compromise of Claims
Article 5. Discharge and Resignation
- § 53-7-50. Petition By Personal Representative For Discharge; Citation and Publication; Hearing; Subsequently Discovered Estate
- § 53-7-51. Discharge When Funds Unclaimed
- § 53-7-52. Discharge of Temporary Administrator
- § 53-7-53. Discharge Obtained By Fraud
- § 53-7-54. Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- § 53-7-55. Revocation of Letters of Personal Representative Or Other Sanctions
- § 53-7-56. Resignation
Article 6. Settlement of Accounts