If any person embezzles or converts to his or her own use any of the personal property of a decedent before the appointment of a personal representative, the person shall be liable to the estate for the value of the property so embezzled or converted. No person shall be charged as executor de son tort.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 28 - Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary Relationships
Subtitle 4 - Administration Of Decedents' Estates
Chapter 49 - Management Of Assets
§ 28-49-101. Possession by personal representative
§ 28-49-102. Treatment of certain property as real or personal
§ 28-49-103. Discovery of assets
§ 28-49-105. Recovery for property embezzled or converted
§ 28-49-106. Abandonment of property
§ 28-49-107. Property not paid for
§ 28-49-108. Mortgaged property
§ 28-49-109. Fraudulent conveyances
§ 28-49-112. Continuation of business
§ 28-49-113. Power to borrow money
§ 28-49-114. Performance of decedent's contracts of sale