14-117. INTESTATE DECEDENTS WITHOUT HEIRS OR WITHOUT KNOWN HEIRS — DUTY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR — PERSONAL FEES NOT ALLOWED. It shall be the mandatory duty of the several county treasurers as ex officio public administrators to cause to be instituted all probate proceedings necessary for the probate of any estate of a decedent whenever such decedent dies intestate without heirs or without known heirs and no creditor’s proceeding or other probate proceeding is instituted within three (3) months after such death. No fee shall be allowed to the public administrator or his attorney personally for any service performed in administration of such estates.
History:
[14-117, added 1945, ch. 113, sec. 1, p. 175; am. 1971, ch. 111, sec. 6, p. 233; am. 1996, ch. 69, sec. 6, p. 215.]
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.