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CHAPTER 195
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PART II
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
(Chapters 183 through 210)
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TITLE II
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
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CHAPTER 195
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS
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Repealed, 1933, 221, Sec. 1
Section 5
Inventory
Section 5A
Powers of executor or administrator
Section 6
Appraisal of property
Section 7
Continuation of business of deceased
Section 8
Nonresident executor or administrator; appointment of agent for service of process
Section 9
Appointment of new agent
Section 10
Failure to appoint agent as cause for removal
Section 11
Removal of executor or administrator; replacement
Section 12
Removal of executor or administrator; validity of previous acts
Section 13
Resignation of executor or administrator
Section 14
Intermeddling with personal property of deceased; executor in his own wrong
Section 15
Liability of executor in his own wrong
Section 16
Voluntary informal administration of small estates
Section 16A
Administration of small estates where executor named in will; voluntary executors
Section 17
Liability of executor or administrator
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