§ 1901. Filing inventory and bond conditioned upon payment of funeral expense with petition
When application shall be made to the judge of probate for the appointment of an administrator or executor of an estate, there may accompany the petition, the following:
(1) A true and complete inventory of the estate of said deceased, appraised under oath at its true cash value by one or more competent persons or by a disinterested person if deemed necessary by the court;
(2) A bond running to the judge of probate in the penal sum of not less than $300.00, with such surety or sureties as the judge of probate may approve, conditioned for the payment of the funeral expenses of said deceased, within one year from the date of death; and
(3) The will, if any. (Added 1975, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)