(a) Service of process may be made upon the foreign personal representative by registered or certified mail, addressed to his last reasonably ascertainable address, requesting a return receipt signed by addressee only. Notice by ordinary first class mail is sufficient if registered or certified mail service to the addressee is unavailable. Service may be made upon a foreign personal representative in the manner in which service could have been made under other laws of this State on either the foreign personal representative or his decedent immediately prior to death.
(b) If service is made upon a foreign personal representative as provided in subsection (a), he shall be allowed thirty days within which to appear or respond.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 539, Section 1; 2013 Act No. 100, Section 1, eff January 1, 2014.
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.