Chapter 7. Administration of the Estate.


Subchapter I. Duties of Personal Representative; Notice of Appointment to Heirs, Legatees, and Creditors. Back to Top
§ 20-701. Status and duties of personal representative.
§ 20-701.01. Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception.
§ 20-702. Duties of personal representative; possession and control of estate.
§ 20-703. Preferences; sale of estate property.
§ 20-704. Notice of appointment to interested persons, creditors and unknown heirs.
§ 20-705. Filing revised and corrected documents.
Subchapter II. Inventory and Appraisal. Back to Top
§ 20-711. Inventory; general.
§ 20-712. Appraisal; supervised administration.
§ 20-713. Supervised administration; supplemental inventory; reappraisal.
§ 20-713.01. Unsupervised administration; inventory and appraisal duties of unsupervised personal representative.
§ 20-714. Revision of inventory.
§ 20-715. Inventory of successor personal representative.
Subchapter III. Accounting. Back to Top
§ 20-721. Duty to account; supervised administration.
§ 20-722. Initial account; supervised administration.
§ 20-723. Subsequent account; supervised administration.
§ 20-724. When to render accounts; supervised administration.
§ 20-725. Failure to render account.
§ 20-726. Exceptions to account; supervised administration.
Subchapter IV. Waiver of Inventories and Accounts. Back to Top
§ 20-731. Waiver of filing; supervised administration.
§ 20-732. Waiver of formal Court audit; supervised administration.
§ 20-733. Right of heir or legatee.
§ 20-734. Duty to account; unsupervised administration.
§ 20-735. Optional proceedings, terminating unsupervised administration; testate or intestate; Certificate of Completion.
§ 20-736. Finality.
Subchapter V. Powers of Personal Representative. Back to Top
§ 20-741. General powers.
§ 20-742. Court order.
§ 20-743. Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty.
§ 20-743.01. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions.
§ 20-744. Protection of person dealing with personal representative.
Subchapter VI. Claims by Personal Representatives and Attorneys. Back to Top
§ 20-751. Compensation.
§ 20-752. Expenses of estate litigation.
§ 20-753. Proceedings for review of employment of agents and compensation of personal representatives and employees of estate.