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Subtitle 1 - General Provisions
Section 5-101 - Scope of Title - (a) This subtitle is applicable to the portion of the...
Section 5-102 - Necessity of Proceeding - (a) Unless it is admitted to administrative or judicial probate,...
Section 5-103 - Venue - (a) The venue for administrative or judicial probate is in...
Section 5-104 - Order of Right to Letters - In granting letters in administrative or judicial probate, or in...
Section 5-105 - Restrictions on Right to Letters - (a) (1) In this section, “serious crime” means a crime...
Section 5-106 - Appointment - (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection and...
Subtitle 2 - Commencement of Proceeding
Section 5-201 - Information to Be Furnished in Petition for Probate - (a) The petition for probate shall contain all knowledge or...
Section 5-202 - Explanation for Lack of Information in Petition - The petition shall state the reasons why any information required...
Section 5-203 - Request for Administrative or Judicial Probate - The petition shall indicate whether the petitioner elects administrative or...
Section 5-204 - Requests Respecting Bills - The petition shall contain, as appropriate, a request for one...
Section 5-205 - Requests Respecting Personal Representative - (a) The petition shall also contain a request for either...
Section 5-206 - Form of Petition - In a proceeding for administrative or judicial probate the petition...
Section 5-207 - Caveat Proceeding - (a) (1) Regardless of whether a petition for probate has...
Subtitle 3 - Administrative Probate
Section 5-301 - Nature of Proceeding - (a) Administrative probate is a proceeding instituted by the filing...
Section 5-302 - Action on Petition for Probate - (a) On a request for administrative probate contained in a...
Section 5-303 - Proof of Execution of Will - The register shall assume due execution of the will: (1)...
Section 5-304 - Finality of Action in Administrative Probate - (a) (1) Unless a timely request for judicial probate has...
Subtitle 4 - Judicial Probate
Section 5-401 - Nature of Proceeding - (a) Judicial probate is a proceeding instituted by: (1) The...
Section 5-402 - When Mandatory - A proceeding for judicial probate shall be instituted at any...
Section 5-403 - Notice of Request for Judicial Probate; Form - (a) (1) Notice that judicial probate has been requested shall...
Section 5-404 - Hearing; Witnesses - (a) (1) A hearing for judicial probate is a plenary...
Section 5-406 - Finality of Action in Judicial Probate - Except as provided in §§ 5–207 of this title and...
Section 5-407 - Subsequent Proceeding - A judicial probate may be reopened and a new proceeding...
Subtitle 5 - Foreign Personal Representative
Section 5-501 - Letters in Maryland Not Required - A foreign personal representative is not required to take out...
Section 5-502 - Powers of Foreign Personal Representative - (a) Any foreign personal representative may exercise in Maryland all...
Section 5-503 - Notice by Foreign Personal Representative; Claims Against Nonresident Decedents - (a) As used in this subtitle, “leasehold property” refers only...
Section 5-504 - Procedure for Fixing Inheritance Tax - (a) (1) A foreign personal representative administering an estate which...
Section 5-505 - Lien for Payment of Taxes - Until the foreign personal representative pays, or secures to the...
Section 5-506 - Order Directing Transfer of Title to Property - If a foreign personal representative fails within a reasonable time...
Subtitle 6 - Small Estates
Section 5-601 - Administration in Accordance With Subtitle - (a) If the property of the decedent subject to administration...
Section 5-602 - Petition for Administration - A petition for administration of a small estate may be...
Section 5-603 - Proceedings After Petition - (a) If the register finds that the petition and additional...
Section 5-604 - Bond, Compensation, Duties and Liability of Personal Representative - (a) (1) Unless bond is expressly excused by the will...
Section 5-605 - After-Discovered Property - (a) Property of the decedent discovered after the filing of...
Section 5-606 - Fees - (a) (1) (i) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of...
Section 5-607 - Applicability of Other Provisions of Article - Except to the extent inconsistent with the letter and the...
Section 5-608 - No Administration Required for Motor Vehicles or Boats - (a) If the only property owned by a decedent is...
Subtitle 7 - Modified Administration
Section 5-701 - Date of Appointment - In this subtitle, “date of appointment” means the date of...
Section 5-702 - Election for Modified Administration - An election for modified administration may be filed by a...
Section 5-703 - Extension of Time Periods - (a) The initial time periods for filing a final report...
Section 5-704 - Proceedings After Filing Election; After-Discovered Property - (a) After filing an election for modified administration, the personal...
Section 5-705 - Form of Election - An election for modified administration shall include: (1) A statement...
Section 5-706 - Notice of Consent - The consent required under § 5–702(5) of this subtitle shall...
Section 5-707 - Final Report - A final report under modified administration shall include: (1) A...
Section 5-708 - Revocation of Modified Administration - (a) A modified administration shall be revoked by the: (1)...
Section 5-709 - Closing of Estate - An estate under modified administration shall close not later than...
Section 5-710 - Applicability of Other Provisions of Article - Except to the extent inconsistent with this subtitle, all other...
Subtitle 8 - Admission of Copy of Executed Will
Section 5-801 - Petition for Admission of Copy of Executed Will - (a) An interested person may file a petition for the...
Section 5-802 - Filing of Petition - A petition for admission of a copy of a will...
Section 5-803 - Consent Form - The consent required under § 5–802 of this subtitle shall...
Section 5-804 - Order - The court may: (1) Without a hearing, issue an order...