Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1723

7-502, subtitle "Subtitle VII, Administration of the Estate," sub-
headings "Part 1, Duties of Personal Representative; Notice of Ap-
pointment of Heirs, Legatees and Creditors," "Part 2, Inventory and
Appraisal," "Part 3, Accounting," "Part 4, Powers of Personal Rep-
resentative," and "Part 5, Notice to Interested Persons of Matters
Filed in the Proceeding"; Sections 8-102, 8-103(a), 8-106, 8-108(a),
8-110, and 8-112, subtitle "Subtitle VIII, Creditors' Claims"; Sections
9-101 and 9-109, subtitle "Subtitle IX, Special Provisions Relating to
Distribution"; Sections 10-101, 10-103, and 10-105, subtitle "Subtitle
X, Closing Estate," of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Decedents'
Estates," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments; that new Section 7-105 be and it is hereby added to said
Article 93, subtitle "Subtitle VII, Administration of the Estate,"
subheading "Part 1, Duties of Personal Representative; Notice of
Application to Heirs, Legatees and Creditors," to follow immediately
after Section 7-104 thereof; and that Section 5-405 of said Article 93,
subtitle "Subtitle V, Opening the Estate," subheading "Part 4, Judi-
cial Probate" be and it is hereby repealed; and all to read as follows:

1-101.

(f) "Interested person" means (1) a person named as executor
in a will, and a person serving as personal representative after judi-
cial or administrative probate; (2) a legatee in being, whether his
interest is vested or contingent, until his legacy is paid in full, and
(3) an heir even if decedent died testate except that an heir of a
testate decedent ceases to be an "interested person" after the [com-
pletion of administrative or judicial probate] Register has given
notice pursuant to Section 2-209 (unless judicial probate is requested
[subsequent to the completion of administrative probate,] there-
after and then after the [completion of the judicial probate] Regis-
ter has given notice pursuant to Section 5-403 (a) ). "Interested per-
son" includes a person as above defined who is (i) a minor or other
person under disability, or (ii) the judicially appointed guardian,
committee, conservator or trustee for such person, if any, and if
none, then the parent or other person having assumed responsibility
for such person. An heir or legatee whose interest is contingent
solely on whether some other heir or legatee survives the decedent
by a stated period shall not be an interested person unless and until
the other heir or legatee dies within such period, and in such event,

any notice given to such heir or legatee who has died within such

state period shall conclusively be deemed to have been given to the

heir or legatee whose interest theretofore had been contingent.

1-103.

Unless personal service or notice by publication is expressly re-
quired in this article or by the Maryland Rules, the first notice
required or permitted to be given to any person under this article
shall be sufficient if deposited as registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to the addressee at the
address last known to the sender, with delivery restricted to the
addressee. Any subsequent notice to such person in accordance with
this article shall be sufficient if deposited as ordinary mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to the same address at which the first notice was
received, as evidenced by return through the post office of the return