72-15-201. Duty to make out inventory, administer, and account. The public administrator shall make out and return an inventory of all estates taken into the administrator’s possession and administer and account for the inventory according to the provisions of this chapter, subject to the control and directions of the court. History: En. Sec. 336, p. 326, L. […]
72-15-202. Duty to deliver up estate when letters granted to another. If at any time letters testamentary or of administration are regularly granted to any other person on the estate of which the public administrator has charge, the public administrator shall, under order of the court, account for, pay, and deliver to the executor or administrator […]
72-15-203. Power of court to order account and delivery of estate at any time. The court or judge may, at any time, order the public administrator to account for and deliver all the money of an estate in the public administrator’s hands to the heirs or to the executors or administrators regularly appointed. History: En. Sec. 342, […]
72-15-204. Duty to keep register. It is the duty of the public administrator to keep a book to be labeled “Register of Public Administrator” in which the public administrator shall enter: (1) the name of every deceased person on whose estate the public administrator administers; (2) the date of granting letters; (3) money received; (4) the property and its value; […]
72-15-205. Deposit of money with county treasurer — withdrawals for administrative costs — investment. (1) It is the duty of a public administrator, as soon as the public administrator receives money, to deposit with the county treasurer of the county in which probate proceedings are pending all money of the estate, and the money may be […]
72-15-206. Monthly settlement of accounts. The public administrator is required to account and to settle and adjust the public administrator’s accounts relating to the care and disbursement of money or property belonging to estates in the public administrator’s hands with the clerk of the district court on the first Monday of each month, and the public […]
72-15-207. Annual account of condition of all estates. (1) The public administrator shall once each year make to the district court or a judge of the district court, under oath, a return of all estates of decedents that have come into the public administrator’s hands stating: (a) the value of the estates; (b) the money that has come […]
72-15-208. Power of court to require additional report or bond. The court or judge may, at any time, require the public administrator to report the amount of money and property of any estate in the public administrator’s hands and may require the public administrator at any time to file an additional bond or bonds. History: En. Sec. […]
72-15-209. Power of public administrator to administer oaths. Public administrators may administer oaths in regard to all matters touching the discharge of their duties or the administration of estates in their hands. History: En. Sec. 349, p. 330, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 349, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 349, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. […]
72-15-210. Fees — how paid. The fees of all officers chargeable to estates in the hands of public administrators must be paid out of the assets of the estates as soon as the assets come into the public administrator’s hands. History: En. Sec. 348, p. 330, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 348, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. […]
72-15-211. Conflict of interest prohibited — affidavit. The public administrator may not be interested in the expenditures of any kind made on account of any estate that the public administrator administers. The public administrator may not be associated, in business or otherwise, with anyone who is interested in expenditures made on account of an estate that […]
72-15-212. Final settlement of estate — sale of property — escheat. At the final settlement of any estate, if there be no heirs or other claimants thereof, the district judge shall make an order directing the administrator to sell all property belonging to the estate and pay the proceeds to the county treasurer, who shall credit […]
72-15-213. Wrongful failure of public administrator to deposit money — action on bond. When it appears from the returns made in pursuance of this part that any money remains in the hands of the public administrator after final settlement of the estate unclaimed that should be paid over to the county treasurer, the court or judge […]
