72-15-107. Power to require persons controlling property to furnish statement describing property. Whenever any person dies in any county of this state and no administrator has been appointed to take charge of his estate, the public administrator of such county, prior to the issuance of letters of administration to him, shall have authority to make a written demand upon any person, firm, bank, or corporation, which he believes holds or has in its possession or control any money, evidence of indebtedness, or other personal property or which owes to such deceased person any money, to furnish to him a written statement, under oath, showing the amount of money or the evidence of indebtedness or personal property of such deceased person held by it fully describing the same and the total sums of money, if any, due from it to such deceased person. Upon receipt of such written demand, the person, firm, bank, or corporation receiving the same shall immediately furnish, under oath, to such public administrator said statement.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 10010, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 10010, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-621.