Rule 427 Notice of appointment of foreign personal representative and notice to creditors
PART III
Rule Text
(a) Publication of notice. The notice required to be published by a foreign personal representative pursuant to D.C. Code § 20-343(a) 1981, shall be in the following form: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION FOREIGN NO. ................ ............................. (Name of decedent) NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS ........................., whose address is ................... was appointed personal representative of the estate of .................., deceased, on ...................., 20.., by the ............ Court for ............ County, State of ............... Service of process may be made upon (insert name and address) whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property: (Strike preceding sentence if no real estate.) ................................................................... ................................................................... The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. (Strike preceding sentence if no personal property.) Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, 500 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. (Strike preceding sentence if no real estate.) Date of first publication: ................................................................... ................................................................... (To be signed by personal representative) Name of newspaper and/or periodical: .................. .................. .......................... TRUE TEST COPY .......................... REGISTER OF WILLS
(b) Submission of notice to Register of Wills. The notice required to be published pursuant to D.C. Code § 20-343(a) and set forth in paragraph (a) of this Rule, shall be submitted in triplicate to the Register of Wills, completed in all respects except as to the date of first publication. The Register of Wills shall fix the date of first publication and forward copies of the notice to the designated newspapers or periodicals.
(c) Designation of agent to accept process. Contemporaneous with the filing of the notice prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule, the foreign personal representative shall file with the Register of Wills a document appointing an agent in the District of Columbia to accept service of process and such document shall be in the following form: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION In re: Estate of Administration No. .............. .............. Deceased. APPOINTMENT OF AGENT TO ACCEPT SERVICE OF PROCESS I, ...................., personal representative of the estate of ..............., deceased do hereby designate .............. as my agent, in the District of Columbia, with the mailing address shown below, on whom service of process may be made in like manner and with like effect as if it were personally served on me. AS WITNESS my hand and seal this ......... day of ..............., 20 ... ............................. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Address ..................... Signature of agent in the District of Columbia .................... District of Columbia mailing address of agent ..................... ...................................................................
(d) Certification of non-filing or release of claims. Upon the expiration of the period for presenting or filing claims and the filing of proofs of publications pursuant to D.C. Code § 20-343(a), the Register of Wills shall, upon request and if appropriate, issue a certificate stating that the book known as the Claims Against Non- Resident Decedents has been examined and that no claim has been filed, or, that all claims filed have been released.