2129.08 Appointment of ancillary administrator. - Ohio Statutes

2129.08 Appointment of ancillary administrator.

(A) After an authenticated copy of the will of a nonresident decedent has been allowed and admitted to record as provided in this chapter, and after there has been filed in the probate court a complete exemplification of the record of the grant of the domiciliary letters of appointment and of any other records of the court of domiciliary administration that the court requires, the court shall appoint as the ancillary administrator the person named in the will, or nominated in accordance with any power of nomination conferred in the will, as general executor of the decedent’s estate or as executor of the portion of the decedent’s estate located in this state, provided that the person makes application and qualifies under division (B)(2) of section 2109.21 of the Revised Code and in all other respects as required by law. If the testator in the will naming or providing for the nomination of that executor orders or requests that bond not be given by him, bond shall not be required unless, for sufficient reason, the court requires it.

(B) If a nonresident decedent died intestate, or failed to designate in his will any person qualified to act as ancillary administrator or to confer in the will a power to nominate a person as an executor as described in division (A) of this section, or if the will of a nonresident decedent conferred such a power but no person qualified to act as ancillary administrator was nominated, the court shall appoint in such capacity some suitable person who is a resident of the county including, but not limited to, a creditor of the estate.

(C) An ancillary administrator, acting as to the estate of a testate decedent that is located in this state, may sell and convey the real and personal property by virtue of the will as executors or administrators with the will annexed may do.

(D) No person shall be appointed as an ancillary administrator of the estate of a nonresident presumed decedent that is located in this state, except after Chapter 2121. of the Revised Code, relative to the appointment of an ancillary administrator, has been complied with.

Effective Date: 05-31-1990