75-4-206 - Power of representatives in transition. - Utah Statutes

75-4-206. Power of representatives in transition.
The power of a domiciliary foreign personal representative under Section 75-4-201 or75-4-205 shall be exercised only if there is no administration or application therefor pending inthis state. An application or petition for local administration of the estate terminates the power ofthe foreign personal representative to act under Section 75-4-205, but the local court may allowthe foreign personal representative to exercise limited powers to preserve the estate. No personwho, before receiving actual notice of a pending local administration, has changed his position inreliance upon the powers of a foreign personal representative shall be prejudiced by reason of theapplication or petition for, or grant of, local administration. The local personal representative issubject to all duties and obligations which have accrued by virtue of the exercise of the powers bythe foreign personal representative and may be substituted for him in any action or proceedings inthis state.

Enacted by Chapter 150, 1975 General Session