72-15-103. Requirement to procure letters of administration -- bond and oath. (1) Whenever a public administrator takes charge of an estate under order of the court, the administrator shall with all convenient dispatch procure letters of administration on the estate in the same manner and under the same proceedings as letters of administration are issued to other persons.
(2) The public administrator's official bond and oath are in lieu of a personal representative's bond and oath, but when real estate is ordered to be sold, another bond may be required by the court.
History: En. Sec. 334, p. 326, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 334, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 334, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4511, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3074, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9991, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1727; re-en. Sec. 9991, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 263, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 91-602; amd. Sec. 2453, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 15. Public Administrator
Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates
72-15-101. Other provisions to supplement chapter
72-15-102. When public administrator to take charge of estate
72-15-103. Requirement to procure letters of administration -- bond and oath
72-15-104. Duty to commence actions for recovery of property
72-15-105. Duty of persons in whose house stranger dies -- notification to public administrator
72-15-106. Civil officers to notify public administrator of property in danger of loss or waste
72-15-107. Power to require persons controlling property to furnish statement describing property
72-15-108. Refusal to furnish statement -- misdemeanor
72-15-109. Order to examine person in possession or charged with misappropriation of estate