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2020 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others
Section 3B:10-8 - Administration by creditor of nonresident decedent

Universal Citation:
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:10-8 (2020)
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3B:10-8. Administration by creditor of nonresident decedent

If a personal representative of a nonresident decedent fails to apply in this State for letters testamentary or of administration within 60 days next after the death of the decedent and there is real or personal property of the decedent within this State, or the evidence thereof in the hands of a resident of this State, the surrogate's court of a county wherein the real property, or personal property or evidence, is situate, or the Superior Court, may, in an action by any person resident or nonresident, alleging himself to have a debt or legal claim against the decedent which by the law of this State survives against his representatives, issue letters of administration, with the will annexed or otherwise as the case may require, to some fit person to be designated by the court.

Prior to an appointment pursuant to this section, notice shall be given the foreign personal representative as the court shall prescribe.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:10-8, eff. May 1, 1982.

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