§ 44-23-8 - Estates where no will has been offered or letters granted. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 44-23-8

   § 44-23-8  Estates where no will has beenoffered or letters granted. – If upon the decease of a person leaving an estate liable to a tax under theprovisions of chapter 22 of this title, a will disposing of the estate is notoffered for probate or an application for administration is not made withinthree (3) months after the decease, the tax administrator may in his or herdiscretion, with the approval of the attorney general, agree with the personsinterested in the estate as to the value of the estate and the amount of thetax to be assessed on the estate, or the tax administrator may apply to theprobate court for the appointment of an administrator of the estate, and theprobate court upon the application shall appoint an administrator of the estate.