INFORMAL PROBATE -- DUTY OF REGISTRAR -- EFFECT OF INFORMAL PROBATE

15-3-302. INFORMAL PROBATE -- DUTY OF REGISTRAR -- EFFECT OF INFORMAL PROBATE. Upon receipt of an application requesting informal probate of a will or informal statement of intestacy, the registrar, upon making the findings required by section 15-3-303 of this chapter shall issue a written statement of informal probate if at least five (5) days have elapsed since the decedent's death. Informal probate is conclusive as to all persons until superseded by an order in a formal testacy proceeding. No defect in the application or procedure relating thereto which leads to informal probate of a will renders the probate void.