(1) No personal representative shall be required to pay or deliver any devise or distributive share or to surrender possession of any land to any beneficiary until the expiration of 5 months from the granting of letters.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in the will, the personal representative shall pay as an expense of administration the reasonable expenses of storage, insurance, packing, and delivery of tangible personal property to a beneficiary.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 86, ch. 75-220; s. 153, ch. 2001-226.
Note.—Created from former s. 734.02.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLII - Estates and Trusts
Chapter 733 - Probate Code: Administration of Estates
Part VIII - Special Provisions for Distribution (Ss. 733.801-733.817)
733.801 - Delivery of devises and distributive shares.
733.802 - Proceedings for compulsory payment of devises or distributive interest.
733.803 - Encumbered property; liability for payment.
733.805 - Order in which assets abate.
733.808 - Death benefits; disposition of proceeds.
733.810 - Distribution in kind; valuation.
733.811 - Distribution; right or title of distributee.
733.812 - Improper distribution or payment; liability of distributee or payee.
733.813 - Purchasers from distributees protected.
733.814 - Partition for purpose of distribution.
733.815 - Private contracts among interested persons.
733.816 - Disposition of unclaimed property held by personal representatives.