A public administrator shall not charge a fee as an attorney in the administration of the estates of decedents of which the public administrator shall be the administrator. Any person who shall violate this section is guilty of an infraction.
11-21-10. Public administrator to act as receiver in assignment for the benefit of creditors. When a person makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, the public administrator, either on the administrator's own petition or on the petition of a creditor of the assignor, shall be appointed receiver and shall administer the assignment in the place of the assignee named therein.