Vermont Statutes
Chapter 61 - Executors and Administrators
§ 904. Nonresident executor or administrator

§ 904. Nonresident executor or administrator
(a) In all cases where the principal administration is in this State, the Probate Division of the Superior Court shall appoint an executor or administrator who is not domiciled in this State only at the discretion of the court.
(b) Any nonresident estate fiduciary shall forthwith designate in writing a resident of this State who accepts appointment as the resident agent of the nonresident estate fiduciary and agrees to accept service of legal process and other communications on behalf of the executor or administrator. The appointment and acceptance shall be filed with the court. Service of legal process against the nonresident executor or administrator may be accomplished by serving the resident agent. (Amended 1959, No. 262, § 30, eff. June 11, 1959; 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 36; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations

Chapter 61 - Executors and Administrators

§ 902. Will allowed; letters to executor

§ 903. Administration; to whom granted

§ 904. Nonresident executor or administrator

§ 905. Appeal to the Civil Division of the Superior Court

§ 906. Bond; amount, conditions

§ 908. Bonds of joint administrators and executors

§ 909. Executor refusing trust or not giving bond

§ 910. When executor is a minor

§ 913. Death or removal of executor or administrator

§ 914. Power of new administrator

§ 915. Appointment of administrator to act with survivor

§ 916. Powers of administrator appointed to act with survivor

§ 917. Power of regulation

§ 917a. Termination of appointment

§ 918. One of the coexecutors disqualified, others may act

§ 919. Persons unheard from for five years; settlement of estate

§ 920. Liability of executor; rights on return

§ 921. Property of persons serving in armed force — Absent persons, conservator

§ 922. Powers of conservator; bond

§ 923. Termination of conservatorship

§ 924. Revocation of letters of administration—When will discovered

§ 925. Powers of executor of discovered will

§ 926. Revocation of letters not to avoid acts under them

§ 927. Executor or administrator of deceased partner—access to books

§ 928. Probate Division of the Superior Court may compel compliance

§ 929. Buildings to be kept in repair

§ 930. Estate not willed

§ 931. Limitation on claims of creditors

§ 961. Special administrator; appointment when estate jeopardized; conduct of business

§ 962. Appointment in case of delay

§ 963. Powers

§ 964. Liability for debts

§ 965. Bond

§ 966. Powers to cease, when