Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 4. UPC -- FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION

Part 3. Powers and Duties of Foreign Personal Representative

Right To Inspect Estate Assets For Inventory

72-4-305. Right to inspect estate assets for inventory. A person holding property of a nonresident decedent, including any instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in action, shall permit the domiciliary foreign personal representative of the nonresident decedent to inspect and appraise the property for purposes of completing the inventory called for in 72-4-303(1) upon being presented with proof of the representative's appointment and an affidavit made by or on behalf of the representative stating:

(1) the date of death of the nonresident decedent;

(2) that no local administration or application or petition for local administration is pending in this state; and

(3) that the domiciliary foreign personal representative is entitled to make the inspection and appraisal.

History: En. 91A-4-203 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-4-203; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 68, L. 2003.