2005 Idaho Code - 15-3-307 — INFORMAL APPOINTMENT PROCEEDINGS -- DELAY IN ORDER -- DUTY OF REGISTRAR -- EFFECT OF APPOINTMENT

                                  TITLE  15
                             UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
                                  CHAPTER 3
                     PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION
                                   PART 3.
                             INFORMAL PROBATE AND
                           APPOINTMENT PROCEEDINGS
    15-3-307.  INFORMAL APPOINTMENT PROCEEDINGS -- DELAY IN ORDER -- DUTY OF
REGISTRAR -- EFFECT OF APPOINTMENT. (a) Upon receipt of an application for
informal appointment of a personal representative other than a special
administrator as provided in section 15-3-614 of this code, if at least one
hundred twenty (120) hours have elapsed since the decedent's death, the
registrar, after making the findings required by section 15-3-308 of this
chapter, shall appoint the applicant subject to qualification and acceptance;
provided, that if the decedent was a nonresident, the registrar shall delay
the order of appointment until thirty (30) days have elapsed since death
unless the personal representative appointed at the decedent's domicile is the
applicant, or unless the decedent's will directs that his estate be subject to
the laws of this state.
    (b)  The status of personal representative and the powers and duties
pertaining to the office are fully established by informal appointment. An
appointment, and the office of personal representative created thereby, is
subject to termination as provided in sections 15-3-608 through 15-3-612 of
this code, but is not subject to retroactive vacation.