Section 561:7 – Personal Estate Bequeathed.

    561:7 Personal Estate Bequeathed. – The personal estate bequeathed by a testator shall be distributed by decree of the judge according to the will. Source. RL 360:7.

Section 561:7-a – Interim Distributions Authorized.

    561:7-a Interim Distributions Authorized. – The personal estate of a person deceased which was not bequeathed or included in a bequest and which remains in the hands of the executor or administrator upon settlement of an account of such fiduciary shall be distributed according to law by decree of the judge. Upon the application […]

Section 561:8 – Repealed by 1998, 155:10, V, eff. July 8, 1998.

    561:8 Repealed by 1998, 155:10, V, eff. July 8, 1998. –

Section 561:9 – Payment to State.

    561:9 Payment to State. – If no heir or legatee be ascertained at the expiration of three years from the original grant of administration, the judge shall order the administrator to pay the balance into the state treasury, where it shall be subject to the claims of persons entitled thereto, upon application to the […]