Title 72, Title 72

Whenever a stranger or person without known heirs dies intestate in the house or premises of another, the possessor of the premises or anyone knowing the facts shall give immediate notice to the public administrator of the county. If the possessor does not give the notice, the po…

All civil officers must inform the public administrator of all property known to them belonging to a decedent which is liable to loss, injury, or waste and which, by reason thereof, ought to be in the possession of the public administrator.

Whenever a person dies in any county of this state and an administrator has not been appointed to take charge of the person's estate, the public administrator of the county, prior to the issuance of letters of administration, has authority to make a written demand upon any person…

Any person, firm, bank, or corporation or officer, agent, or employee thereof refusing upon demand to furnish the statement as required by 72-15-107 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

When the public administrator complains to the district court or a judge of the district court, on oath, that any person has concealed, committed theft of, or disposed of or has in the person's possession any money, goods, property, or effects that the administrator is entitled t…

All interrogatories and answers must be reduced to writing and signed by the party examined and filed in the court. If the person cited refuses to appear and submit to the examination or to answer the interrogatories as may be put to the party touching the matter of the complaint…

The public administrator shall make out and return an inventory of all estates taken into the administrator's possession and administer and account for the inventory according to the provisions of this chapter, subject to the control and directions of the court.

If at any time letters testamentary or of administration are regularly granted to any other person on the estate of which the public administrator has charge, the public administrator shall, under order of the court, account for, pay, and deliver to the executor or administrator …

The court or judge may, at any time, order the public administrator to account for and deliver all the money of an estate in the public administrator's hands to the heirs or to the executors or administrators regularly appointed.

It is the duty of the public administrator to keep a book to be labeled "Register of Public Administrator" in which the public administrator shall enter: (1) the name of every deceased person on whose estate the public administrator administers; (2) the date of granting letters; …

(1) It is the duty of a public administrator, as soon as the public administrator receives money, to deposit with the county treasurer of the county in which probate proceedings are pending all money of the estate, and the money may be drawn upon the order of the personal represe…

The public administrator is required to account and to settle and adjust the public administrator's accounts relating to the care and disbursement of money or property belonging to estates in the public administrator's hands with the clerk of the district court on the first Monda…

(1) The public administrator shall once each year make to the district court or a judge of the district court, under oath, a return of all estates of decedents that have come into the public administrator's hands stating: (a) the value of the estates; (b) the money that has come …

The court or judge may, at any time, require the public administrator to report the amount of money and property of any estate in the public administrator's hands and may require the public administrator at any time to file an additional bond or bonds.

Public administrators may administer oaths in regard to all matters touching the discharge of their duties or the administration of estates in their hands.

The fees of all officers chargeable to estates in the hands of public administrators must be paid out of the assets of the estates as soon as the assets come into the public administrator's hands.

The public administrator may not be interested in the expenditures of any kind made on account of any estate that the public administrator administers. The public administrator may not be associated, in business or otherwise, with anyone who is interested in expenditures made on …

At the final settlement of any estate, if there be no heirs or other claimants thereof, the district judge shall make an order directing the administrator to sell all property belonging to the estate and pay the proceeds to the county treasurer, who shall credit the same and all …

When it appears from the returns made in pursuance of this part that any money remains in the hands of the public administrator after final settlement of the estate unclaimed that should be paid over to the county treasurer, the court or judge shall order the money paid over to t…

(1) The public administrator must receive and shall collect for the administrator's own use as full compensation for services under this chapter, the amount provided for in 72-3-631. (2) When the public administrator is appointed conservator of the estate of a protected person pu…

The public administrator, upon the expiration or termination of the term of office, may continue to administer estates not closed by filing and presenting to the court a full and complete account pertaining to each estate not closed and securing a court order granting the public …

If the public administrator, upon the expiration or termination of the public administrator's office and within 60 days after that date, fails to qualify as general administrator of estates not yet closed, the public administrator shall, upon demand of the successor to the office…

The court shall determine and allow the predecessor in office for services rendered in connection with estates not closed a compensation based upon the commission prescribed and allowed by law in proportion to the services necessarily rendered and those necessary to be rendered b…