§ 7-103. Publication of notice of appointment; form

   (a) Publication. -- After the appointment of a personal representative, the register shall have a notice of the appointment published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of appointment once a week in three successive weeks, announcing the appointment and address of the personal representative, and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims. The personal representative shall file or have filed with the register a certification that a notice has been published. The notice shall be substantially in the form provided in this section.
 
   (b) Form. -- To all persons interested in the estate of 
........................:
 
   This is to give notice that the undersigned, .............. whose address 
is .............. was, on .........., appointed personal representative of 
the estate of .............. who died on ......... (with) (without) a will.
 
   All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of 
the will of the decedent) shall file the same with the register of wills on or 
before six months from the date of the appointment.
 
   All persons having claims against the decedent must present their claims to 
the undersigned, or file them with the register of wills on or before the 
earlier of the following dates:
 
      (1) 6 months from the date of the decedent's death; or
 
      (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise 
delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written 
notice, notifying the creditor that his claim will be barred unless he 
presents the claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the 
notice.
 
   Any claim not filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by 
law, is unenforceable thereafter.




 
                                                .............................
 
                                                        Personal representative




 
   Date of first publication:
 
   ...............................

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 7-103; 1974, ch. 11, § 2; 1989, ch. 496, § 1; 1992, ch. 226.