General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
TITLE II. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS |
CHAPTER 194. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS |
SECTION 1. Appointment; number; term |
SECTION 2. Bond; form; conditions |
SECTION 3. Repealed, 1931, 305, Sec. 2 |
SECTION 4. Duties |
SECTION 5. Instances when public administrator should not act |
SECTION 5A. Waiting period before administration |
SECTION 6. Compensation for services of person taking out citation |
SECTION 7. Change after grant of letters to public administrator |
SECTION 8. Death, resignation or removal of public administrator |
SECTION 9. Powers relating to real property |
SECTION 10. Unclaimed balance of estate; deposit with treasurer |
SECTION 11. Annual accounts; failure to deposit remaining money with treasurer on final settlement |
SECTION 12. Accounting to successor administrator or executor |
SECTION 13. Administration of pending estates at expiration of administrator's term |
SECTION 14, 15. Repealed, 1990, 506, Sec. 3 |
SECTION 16. Action by district attorney to insure prompt and faithful administration |
SECTION 17. Estates of less than $700 |
SECTION 18. Exemption from responsibility of estates of less than $700 |