Section 524.4-204 Proof of Authority-Bond - Minnesota Statutes

524.4-204 PROOF OF AUTHORITY-BOND.

If no local administration or application or petition therefor is pending in this state, a domiciliary foreign personal representative may file the following with a court in this state in a county in which property belonging to the decedent is located:

(1) a certified or authenticated copy of the appointment and of any official bond given; and

(2) notice of an intention to exercise as to assets in this state all powers of a local personal representative and to maintain actions and proceedings in this state in accordance with section 524.4-205.

When a domiciliary foreign personal representative files a certified or authenticated copy of the appointment and of any official bond and a notice in accordance with the preceding sentence, the court administrator shall forthwith publish, at the expense of the estate, a notice once a week for two consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper in the county, giving the name and address of the domiciliary foreign personal representative and stating an intention to exercise as to assets in this state all powers of a local personal representative and to maintain actions and proceedings in this state in accordance with section 524.4-205.

History:

1974 c 442 art 4 s 524.4-204; 1975 c 347 s 74; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82