Chapter 7. Administration of Estates Generally
Article 1. Powers and Duties Generally
- § 53-7-1. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) General Powers and Duties of Personal Representative; Additional Powers
- § 53-7-2. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Administration of Entire Estate; Distribution of Residuum
- § 53-7-3. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Powers and Immunities of Administrator With Will Annexed
- § 53-7-4. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Powers of Temporary Administrators Pending Appointment of Personal Representative and Executors Pending Litigation of Caveats to Wills
- § 53-7-5. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Powers, Duties, and Liabilities If More Than One Personal Representative; Safe Deposit Boxes Or Receptacles
- § 53-7-6. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Power to Borrow Money, Make and Fulfill Contracts, Provide Legal Counsel, Continue Decedent's Business, and Perform Other Acts
- § 53-7-7. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Disposition of Income Received During Administration
- § 53-7-8. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Support and Education of Minor Heirs and Beneficiaries Without Guardians
Article 2. Actions Against Personal Representatives
- § 53-7-10. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Allowable Defenses; Generally
- § 53-7-11. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Allowable Defenses; Action Originating In Lifetime of Decedent
- § 53-7-12. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Survival of Action
- § 53-7-13. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Service of Process
- § 53-7-14. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Action Against Removed Personal Administrator
- § 53-7-15. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Applicability of Provisions Relating to Sureties On Guardians' Bonds
- § 53-7-16. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Joint and Several Liability of Personal Representative and Sureties
- § 53-7-17. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Liability On Common Bond of Two Or More Personal Representatives
- § 53-7-18. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Liability of Sureties On Bond of Removed Personal Representative
- § 53-7-19. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Action On Bond For Failure to Settle and Account With Heir Or Beneficiary
- § 53-7-20. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Action On Bond Upon Liability of Decedent and Return of Execution Marked Nulla Bona
- § 53-7-21. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Against What Property Judgement Levied
- § 53-7-22. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Levy Upon Property; Entering of Judgment and Issuance of Execution
- § 53-7-23. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Property Upon Which Execution Levied
Article 3. Inventory
- § 53-7-30. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Filing and Contents
- § 53-7-31. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Making of Inventory Jointly By All Personal Representatives; Proof of Joint Possession of Assets
- § 53-7-32. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Waiver of Right to Receive; Relieving Personal Representative of Duty to Make
- § 53-7-33. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Power of Testator to Dispense With Making Inventory
- § 53-7-34. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Failure to Return a Correct Inventory
Article 4. Claims Against Or In Favor of Estate
- § 53-7-40. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Liability of Estate; Priority of Claims
- § 53-7-41. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Notice For Creditors to Render Accounts; Failure of Creditors to Give Notice of Claims
- § 53-7-42. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Time For Payment of Debts; Time For Commencing Action to Recover Debt
- § 53-7-43. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Compelling Heirs Or Beneficiaries to Contribute to Payment of Debt
- § 53-7-44. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Satisfaction of Debts
- § 53-7-45. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Compromise of Claims
Article 5. Discharge and Resignation
- § 53-7-50. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Petition By Personal Representative For Discharge; Citation and Publication; Hearing; Subsequently Discovered Estate
- § 53-7-51. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Discharge When Funds Unclaimed
- § 53-7-52. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Discharge of Temporary Administrator
- § 53-7-53. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Discharge Obtained By Fraud
- § 53-7-54. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- § 53-7-55. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Revocation of Letters of Personal Representative Or Other Sanctions
- § 53-7-56. (Revised Probate Code of 1998) Resignation
Article 6. Settlement of Accounts