Section 5-501 – Letters in Maryland Not Required

    A foreign personal representative is not required to take out letters in the State.

Section 5-502 – Powers of Foreign Personal Representative

    (a)    Any foreign personal representative may exercise in Maryland all powers of the office, and may sue and be sued in Maryland, subject to any statute or rule relating to nonresidents.     (b)    A foreign personal representative has the same power to sell, mortgage, lease, convey, or otherwise transfer or assign real property or an interest in the […]

Section 5-503 – Notice by Foreign Personal Representative; Claims Against Nonresident Decedents

    (a)    As used in this subtitle, “leasehold property” refers only to a leasehold interest in real property.     (b)    A foreign personal representative shall:         (1)    Publish once a week for 3 successive weeks a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which real or leasehold property of the decedent was located, containing:             (i)    The foreign personal […]

Section 5-504 – Procedure for Fixing Inheritance Tax

    (a)    (1)    A foreign personal representative administering an estate which has property located in Maryland that is subject to Maryland inheritance taxes shall file with the register of the county in which the foreign personal representative believes the largest part in value of the property is located:             (i)    A copy of the person’s appointment as personal representative;             (ii)    The […]

Section 5-505 – Lien for Payment of Taxes

    Until the foreign personal representative pays, or secures to the satisfaction of the register, the payment of the inheritance tax fixed as provided in § 5–504 of this subtitle, with interest and penalties, and files the receipt for the payment or evidence of security with the register to be included among the permanent records of […]

Section 5-506 – Order Directing Transfer of Title to Property

    If a foreign personal representative fails within a reasonable time to transfer the title to real or leasehold property located in the State to the person entitled to it, the court may by appropriate order direct the transfer of title to the person if:         (1)    The will, if there is one, or a copy authenticated pursuant […]