2015 Maryland Code
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Title 7 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE
Subtitle 1 - DUTIES OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE; NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
§ 7-103 - Publication of notice of appointment; form

(a) Publication. -- After the appointment of a personal representative, the register shall have a notice of the appointment published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of appointment once a week in three successive weeks, announcing the appointment and address of the personal representative, and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims. The personal representative shall file or have filed with the register a certification that a notice has been published. The notice shall be substantially in the form provided in this section.

(b) Form. -- To all persons interested in the estate of
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This is to give notice that the undersigned, .............. whose address
is .............. was, on .........., appointed personal representative of
the estate of .............. who died on ......... (with) (without) a will.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of
the will of the decedent) shall file the same with the register of wills on or
before six months from the date of the appointment.

All persons having claims against the decedent must present their claims to
the undersigned, or file them with the register of wills on or before the
earlier of the following dates:

(1) 6 months from the date of the decedent's death; or

(2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise
delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written
notice, notifying the creditor that his claim will be barred unless he
presents the claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the
notice.

Any claim not filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by
law, is unenforceable thereafter.

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Personal representative

Date of first publication:

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