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that (a) he shall make no distribution of property without formal
order of the Court and (b) the Court may, upon allegations of the
unfitness of the personal representative so appointed and of danger
to interested persons and creditors and after notice to the personal
representative and hearing, suspend the powers of the personal
representative and appoint a special administrator pending final
determination in the judicial probate proceeding.

5-406. Finality of action in judicial probate.

Except as provided in Section 5-4-07, any determination made by
the Court in a proceeding for judicial probate shall be final and
binding as to all persons.

5-4,07. Successive proceeding. A judicial probate may be reopened
and a new proceeding held if, following a request by an interested
person within eighteen months from the death of the decedent, the
Court finds the existence of any fact which would permit the holding
of a proceeding pursuant to Section 5-304(b).

Part 5—Foreign Personal Representatives.
5-501. Letters in Maryland not required.

A foreign personal representative shall not be required to take
out letters in Maryland for any purpose, regardless of whether
a Maryland resident could qualify as a personal representative in
the foreign personal representative's State of residence provided

he shall have designated a local agent for service of process as

provided in Section 5-104(b).

5-502. Powers of foreign personal representative.

Any foreign personal representative may exercise in Maryland
all powers of his office, and may sue and be sued in Maryland, subject
to any statute or rule relating to nonresidents.

5-503. Real and leasehold property—creditors.

(a)    Publication. A foreign personal representative shall publish
once a week for two THREE successive weeks a notice in a newspaper
of general circulation in each County in which any real or leasehold
property of the decedent was located, announcing his appoint-
ment, his name and address, the name and address of his Maryland
agent for service of process ON FILE WITH THE REGISTER IN
SAID COUNTY, the name of the Court which appointed him, a brief
description of all real and leasehold property owned by the decedent
in the County, and that claims may be filed with the Register at any
time within four SIX months from the date of first publication. He
shall record in each appropriate Register's office a certification that
he has published such notice as required.

(b)    Statement of claim. Any creditor may, at any time within
four SIX months from the date of the first publication of such notice,
file a written statement of his claim, substantially in the same
form set forth in Section 8-104 (b), with the Register and deliver
or mail a copy of the statement to the personal representative. The
Register shall maintain a book known as the "Claims Against
"Non-Resident Decedents" book in which all such claims and re-