Rule 144 Personal Representative to Act

If someone dies and their estate is going through probate, the person handling the estate (called a special administrator or personal representative) can collect and hand out no-fault insurance benefits on their own. They don't need to ask the court for permission first.

This rule saves time and cuts down on paperwork. No-fault benefits, like money from car insurance after an accident, can move faster through the estate this way. The person in charge of the estate can simply gather these funds and pass them along to the people who are owed them, without waiting for a judge to approve each step.

This matters if you're involved in an estate where the person who died was owed no-fault insurance money. It means that money can get distributed more quickly, since the estate representative has the authority to handle it directly.