Sec. 3. Every personal representative shall have full power to maintain any suit in any court of competent jurisdiction, in his name as such personal representative, for any demand of whatever nature due the decedent or his estate or for the recovery of possession of any property of the estate or for trespass or waste committed on the estate of the decedent in his lifetime, or while in the possession of the personal representative; but he shall not be liable, in his individual capacity, for any costs in such suit, and shall have power, at his option, to examine the opposite party under oath, touching such demand.
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1303.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 13. Collection and Management of Assets
29-1-13-1. Possession of Property; Duties of Personal Representative
29-1-13-1.5. Access to Safe Deposit Box; Duties of Financial Institutions
29-1-13-2. Preserving Estate; Action to Prevent Loss
29-1-13-3. Actions; Trespass; Waste; Costs; Examine Party
29-1-13-4. Fraudulent Conveyances; Recovery
29-1-13-5. Compromise; Debtor or Obligor
29-1-13-6. Real Estate Interest as Personal Assets; Proceeds From Sale of Real Estate
29-1-13-7. Mortgages; Release and Discharge
29-1-13-8. Valueless Property; Abandonment
29-1-13-9. Embezzlement; Conversion
29-1-13-10. Petitions; Concealment; Embezzlement; Conversion; Adverse Interest; Attachment
29-1-13-11. Business of Decedent; Continuing
29-1-13-12. Conveyance or Lease After Death of Decedent
29-1-13-13. Contracts; Performance by Personal Representative
29-1-13-14. Investment of Funds
29-1-13-17. Action to Enforce a Written Demand or Instruction From a Personal Representative