2000 Florida Code
TITLE XLII ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 733 Probate Code: Administration Of Estates
PART IV APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE; BONDS (ss. 733.401-733.406)
733.401 Issuance of letters.
733.401 Issuance of letters.--
(1) After the petition for administration is filed:
(a) The will, if any, shall be proved as provided elsewhere in this code and shall be admitted to probate.
(b) The court shall appoint the person entitled and qualified to be personal representative.
(c) The court shall determine the amount of any bond required under this part. The clerk may approve the bond in the amount determined by the court and shall not charge a service fee.
(d) Any required oath or designation of, and acceptance by, a resident agent shall be filed.
(2) Upon compliance with all of the foregoing, letters shall be issued to the personal representative.
(3) Mistaken noncompliance with any of the requirements of subsection (1) shall not be jurisdictional.
History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 66, ch. 75-220; s. 23, ch. 77-87.
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