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receipt for such notice, or, after notice in writing from the said
addressee of a change of address, to his new address. If no return
receipt is received apparently signed by the addressee, and there is
no proof of actual notice, no action taken in any proceeding under
this article shall prejudice the rights of the person entitled to notice
unless proof is made by verified writing to the satisfaction of the
court or register that reasonable efforts to locate the addressee and
warn him of the pendency of the action have been made. Any
person, including a guardian or a guardian ad litem, may waive
notice by a writing signed by him or his attorney and filed in the
proceeding. A personal representative is not required to give any
notice to himself.

2-210.

(c) Administration proceedings record book. [Upon the entry
of an appropriate order, as provided in Section 10-101, to close the
estate, all papers relative to such administration and filed with the
court or register shall be recorded by the register in the adminis-
tration proceedings record book, and indexed under the name of the
decedent.] Upon the final approval of the final administration ac-
count all inventories, accounts, and orders of court shall be recorded
by the Register in the Administration proceedings record book, and
indexed under the name of the decedent.

5-201.

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
1738 (the act of Congress)]; or if such exhibit cannot be produced,
a statement of the reasons for such inability, the name and address
of any person in whose custody any of such documents may be, and a
statement of the provisions of the will so far as known to the peti-
tioner; and, in any event, a statement of the manner in which the
exhibit came into the petitioner's hands as well as a statement that
he knows of no later will or

(2)    If intestate, a statement of the extent of any search for a
will.