[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 20. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]

  Section 5. If no local administration or application or petition therefor is pending in the commonwealth, a domiciliary foreign personal representative may file with a probate court in the commonwealth in a county in which property belonging to the decedent is located, authenticated copies of his appointment and of any official bond he has given.