14-107. OFFICIALS TO NOTIFY ADMINISTRATOR OF DECEDENT’S PROPERTY. All public officials shall, within seventy-two (72) hours of knowledge of a death and upon verification of no legal next of kin or administrator of the decedent’s estate, inform the public administrator of and make available to him all property known to them belonging to a decedent who resided at the time of death in the county, which property is liable to loss, injury or waste, or which, by reason thereof, ought to be in the possession of the public administrator. The public administrator shall be responsible for determining if any heirs or a will exists in all cases where there are no known personal representatives.
History:
[(14-107) R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 5686; C.S., sec. 7781; I.C.A., sec. 15-1607; am. 1971, ch. 111, sec. 6, p. 233; am. 1996, ch. 69, sec. 4, p. 214; am. 2012, ch. 208, sec. 4, p. 563; am. 2022, ch. 62, sec. 2, p. 195.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 14 - ESTATES OF DECEDENTS
Chapter 1 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS
Section 14-101 - COUNTY TREASURER AS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR — OATH AND BOND — NEW OR ADDITIONAL BOND.
Section 14-102 - ESTATES TO BE ADMINISTERED.
Section 14-103 - AUTHORITY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT — PROCUREMENT OF LETTERS.
Section 14-104 - DEATH OF INTESTATE STRANGER — PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR TO BE NOTIFIED.
Section 14-105 - INVENTORY BY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR — PROCEDURES AND DISTRIBUTION OF RESIDUAL.
Section 14-106 - DELIVERY OF ESTATE TO EXECUTOR.
Section 14-107 - OFFICIALS TO NOTIFY ADMINISTRATOR OF DECEDENT’S PROPERTY.
Section 14-108 - SUITS TO RECOVER PROPERTY.
Section 14-109 - EXAMINATION OF ALLEGED EMBEZZLERS.
Section 14-110 - CONDUCT OF EXAMINATION — CONTEMPT.
Section 14-111 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR — COURT MAY REQUIRE ACCOUNT.
Section 14-112 - RETURNS BY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
Section 14-113 - UNCLAIMED MONEYS — PAYMENT INTO PUBLIC SCHOOL PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND — ESCHEAT.
Section 14-114 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR — RESTRICTION ON INTEREST IN AFFAIRS OF ESTATE.
Section 14-115 - PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
Section 14-116 - PROVISIONS OF PROBATE CODE — APPLICATION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
Section 14-118 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
Section 14-119 - EFFECT OF DISCOVERY OF HEIR.
Section 14-120 - COSTS AND FEES ALLOWED WHERE HEIR OR CREDITORS REFUSE TO ADMINISTER ESTATE.