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(11) any other person.

(b)    Exclusions. Letters shall not be granted to a person who, at
the time any determination of priority is made, has filed with the
Register a declaration in writing that he renounces his right to
administer or is

(1)    under the age of twenty-one years;

(2)    mentally incompetent;

(3)    convicted of a serious crime;

(4) not a citizen of the United States;

(5)    a Judge of any court established under the laws of Maryland
or the United States or any Clerk of Court or Register, unless he is
the surviving spouse or is related to the decedent within the third
degree; or

(6)    a nonresident of this State, unless there shall be on file with
the Register an irrevocable designation by him of an appropriate
person who resides in this State on whom service of any process may
be made in like manner and with like effect as if it were served
personally in this State on such non-resident.

(c)    Appointment within class. When there are several eligible
persons in a class entitled to letters, the Court or Register may grant
letters to one of them, or to more than one of them, as necessary or
convenient for the proper administration of the estate; except that,
subject to subsection (b) of this Section all executors are entitled
to probate.

(d)    Appointment within different classes. Within classes (2)
through (9) of subsection (a), letters may be granted to two or more
persons in different classes provided that the person or class first
entitled to letters consents thereto.

Part 2—Commencement of Proceeding.

5-201. Petition for Probate—information to be furnished.

The Petition for Probate shall contain all knowledge or informa-
tion of the petitioner with respect to:

(a)    The decedent. The name, domicile, and place and date of
death of the decedent;

(b)    Petitioner's interest. The interest of the person filing the
Petition;

(c)    Venue. The County in which the decedent was domiciled
at the time of his death and, if not domiciled in Maryland, the
County in this State which the petitioner believes was the situs of
the largest part in value of the decedent's property at the time of his
death;

(d)    Other proceedings. All other proceedings filed in Maryland
and elsewhere regarding the same estate;

(e)    Testamentary status. Whether the decedent died testate
or intestate and

(1) if testate, there shall be exhibited with the Petition the will
or a copy of the will authenticated under Title 28 U.S.C.A. Section