Section 6-203 - When joint action of copersonal representatives required. - Maryland Statutes

§ 6-203. When joint action of copersonal representatives required.
 

(a)  Concurrence.- When two or more persons are appointed copersonal representatives, the concurrence of all is required on all acts connected with the administration and distribution of the estate. 

(b)  Exception.- The provisions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply if: 

(1) The act involved is receiving or receipting for property due the estate; 

(2) All personal representatives cannot readily be consulted in the time reasonably available for emergency action; 

(3) A personal representative has validly delegated to a copersonal representative his power to act; or 

(4) The will or a statute provides otherwise. 

(c)  Third persons.- Persons dealing with a copersonal representative without knowledge that he is not the sole personal representative are as fully protected as if the person with whom they dealt had been the sole personal representative. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 6-203; 1974, ch. 11, § 2.]