Section 5-102 - Necessity of proceeding. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-102. Necessity of proceeding.
 

(a)  Probate of will.- Unless it is admitted to administrative or judicial probate, or recorded as provided in § 5-504, a will is ineffective to transfer property or to nominate a personal representative. 

(b)  Letters.- Except for a foreign personal representative, a person may not qualify as or exercise the powers and duties of a personal representative unless he has been appointed administratively or judicially. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 5-102; 1974, ch. 11, § 2.]