No person shall presume to enter upon the administration of any deceased person's estate until the person has obtained letters of administration or letters testamentary.
Code 1858, § 2201 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 48, § 4); Shan., § 3933; Code 1932, § 8143; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-101.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 30 - Administration of Estates
Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators
§ 30-1-101. Letters Testamentary or of Administration Required
§ 30-1-102. Jurisdiction to Grant Letters
§ 30-1-103. Nonresident Decedents — Granting Letters Testamentary or of Administration
§ 30-1-105. Recording of Letters — Validity of Certified Copy
§ 30-1-106. Preference in Granting of Letters
§ 30-1-107. Appeal From Grant of Letters
§ 30-1-108. Administrator Pendente Lite
§ 30-1-110. Time Within Which Administration May Be Granted
§ 30-1-111. Oath of Representative
§ 30-1-112. Resignation of Representative
§ 30-1-113. Estate Turned Over to New Administrator — Inventory
§ 30-1-114. Transfer of Administration to New County
§ 30-1-115. Administrator With Will Annexed — Powers and Authority
§ 30-1-116. Appointment of Nonresident Personal Representative