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  CHAPTER 733. PROBATE CODE: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES  


PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 733.101. Venue of probate proceedings.
SECTION 733.103. Effect of probate.
SECTION 733.104. Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative.
SECTION 733.105. Determination of beneficiaries.
SECTION 733.1051. Limited judicial construction of will with federal tax provisions.
SECTION 733.106. Costs and attorney fees.
SECTION 733.1061. Fees and costs; will reformation and modification.
SECTION 733.107. Burden of proof in contests; presumption of undue influence.
SECTION 733.109. Revocation of probate.
PART II. COMMENCING ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 733.201. Proof of wills.
SECTION 733.202. Petition.
SECTION 733.204. Probate of a will written in a foreign language.
SECTION 733.205. Probate of notarial will.
SECTION 733.206. Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.
SECTION 733.207. Establishment and probate of lost or destroyed will.
SECTION 733.208. Discovery of later will.
SECTION 733.209. Estates of missing persons.
SECTION 733.212. Notice of administration; filing of objections.
SECTION 733.2121. Notice to creditors; filing of claims.
SECTION 733.2123. Adjudication before issuance of letters.
SECTION 733.213. Probate as prerequisite to judicial construction of will.
PART III. PREFERENCE IN APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
SECTION 733.301. Preference in appointment of personal representative.
SECTION 733.302. Who may be appointed personal representative.
SECTION 733.303. Persons not qualified.
SECTION 733.304. Nonresidents.
SECTION 733.305. Trust companies and other corporations and associations.
SECTION 733.306. Effect of appointment of debtor.
SECTION 733.307. Succession of administration.
SECTION 733.308. Administrator ad litem.
SECTION 733.309. Executor de son tort.
SECTION 733.3101. Personal representative not qualified.
PART IV. FIDUCIARY BONDS
SECTION 733.402. Bond of fiduciary; when required; form.
SECTION 733.403. Amount of bond.
SECTION 733.404. Liability of surety.
SECTION 733.405. Release of surety.
SECTION 733.406. Bond premium allowable as expense of administration.
PART V. CURATORS; RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
SECTION 733.501. Curators.
SECTION 733.502. Resignation of personal representative.
SECTION 733.503. Appointment of successor upon resignation.
SECTION 733.5035. Surrender of assets after resignation.
SECTION 733.5036. Accounting and discharge following resignation.
SECTION 733.504. Removal of personal representative; causes for removal.
SECTION 733.505. Jurisdiction in removal proceedings.
SECTION 733.506. Proceedings for removal.
SECTION 733.5061. Appointment of successor upon removal.
SECTION 733.508. Accounting and discharge of removed personal representatives upon removal.
SECTION 733.509. Surrender of assets upon removal.
PART VI. DUTIES AND POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
SECTION 733.601. Time of accrual of duties and powers.
SECTION 733.602. General duties.
SECTION 733.603. Personal representative to proceed without court order.
SECTION 733.604. Inventories and accountings; public records exemptions.
SECTION 733.6065. Opening safe-deposit box.
SECTION 733.607. Possession of estate.
SECTION 733.608. General power of the personal representative.
SECTION 733.609. Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty.
SECTION 733.610. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest.
SECTION 733.611. Persons dealing with the personal representative; protection.
SECTION 733.612. Transactions authorized for the personal representative; exceptions.
SECTION 733.6121. Personal representative; powers as to environmental issues relating to property subject to administration; liability.
SECTION 733.613. Personal representative’s right to sell real property.
SECTION 733.614. Powers and duties of successor personal representative.
SECTION 733.615. Joint personal representatives; when joint action required.
SECTION 733.616. Powers of surviving personal representatives.
SECTION 733.617. Compensation of personal representative.
SECTION 733.6171. Compensation of attorney for the personal representative.
SECTION 733.6175. Proceedings for review of employment of agents and compensation of personal representatives and employees of estate.
SECTION 733.619. Individual liability of personal representative.
SECTION 733.620. Exculpation of personal representative.
PART VII. CREDITORS' CLAIMS
SECTION 733.701. Notifying creditors.
SECTION 733.702. Limitations on presentation of claims.
SECTION 733.703. Form and manner of presenting claim.
SECTION 733.704. Amendment of claims.
SECTION 733.705. Payment of and objection to claims.
SECTION 733.706. Executions and levies.
SECTION 733.707. Order of payment of expenses and obligations.
SECTION 733.708. Compromise.
SECTION 733.710. Limitations on claims against estates.
PART VIII. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION
SECTION 733.801. Delivery of devises and distributive shares.
SECTION 733.802. Proceedings for compulsory payment of devises or distributive interest.
SECTION 733.803. Encumbered property; liability for payment.
SECTION 733.805. Order in which assets abate.
SECTION 733.806. Advancement.
SECTION 733.808. Death benefits; disposition of proceeds.
SECTION 733.809. Right of retainer.
SECTION 733.810. Distribution in kind; valuation.
SECTION 733.811. Distribution; right or title of distributee.
SECTION 733.812. Improper distribution or payment; liability of distributee or payee.
SECTION 733.813. Purchasers from distributees protected.
SECTION 733.814. Partition for purpose of distribution.
SECTION 733.815. Private contracts among interested persons.
SECTION 733.816. Disposition of unclaimed property held by personal representatives.
SECTION 733.817. Apportionment of estate taxes.
PART IX. CLOSING ESTATES
SECTION 733.901. Final discharge.
SECTION 733.903. Subsequent administration.