2010 Massachusetts Code
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 191 WILLS
Section 12 Public opening of unclaimed wills
[Text of section effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 10. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]
Section 12. If the will is not called for by the person, if any, named in the endorsement, it shall be publicly opened at the first probate court held after notice of the testator’s death, and shall be retained in the registry until so opened. If the jurisdiction of the case belongs to another court, it shall be delivered to the executors or other persons entitled to the custody thereof, to be by them presented for probate in such other court.
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