If no local administration or application or petition therefor is pending in this State, a domiciliary foreign personal representative may file with a court in this State in a county in which property belonging to the decedent is located, authenticated copies of his appointment and of the will, if any. The filing of a bond shall not be required unless the court in its discretion orders it.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 539, Section 1; 2013 Act No. 100, Section 1, eff January 1, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
The 2013 amendment substituted "appointment and of the will, if any" for ", the will, if any, and of any official bond he has given, which bond shall name the court in this State as co-obligee on such bond", and added the second sentence, relating to filing of bond.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code
Article 4 - Local And Foreign Personal Representatives; Ancillary Administration
Section 62-4-101. Definitions.
Section 62-4-202. Payment or delivery discharges.
Section 62-4-203. Resident creditor notice.
Section 62-4-204. Proof of authority; bond.
Section 62-4-206. Power of representatives in transition.
Section 62-4-207. Ancillary and other local administrations; governing provision.
Section 62-4-301. Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative.
Section 62-4-302. Jurisdiction by act of decedent.
Section 62-4-303. Service on foreign personal representative.
Section 62-4-401. Effect of adjudication for or against personal representative.