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accordance with the 'provisions of Section 501 of Article 93 A or the
Will.

10-101.

The final approval of the final account shall automatically close
the estate, and, if the final account so requests, shall automatically
terminate the appointment of the personal representative. If the
appointment is not terminated by the final account, a personal rep-
resentative may, after [After] the time has passed for presenting
claims which arose prior to the death of the decedent, [a personal
representative may] petition the court for an order to [close the
estate and] terminate his appointment as personal representative.
After notice to all residuary legatees, if the decedent died testate, or
heirs, if the decedent died intestate, and to any creditors who have
presented their claims but not been paid in full and any legatees
whose legacies have not been paid in full and a hearing if requested
in writing filed with the court within twenty days, the court may
enter an appropriate order.

10-103.

(a)    Proceedings against personal representative.—If no action
or proceeding involving the personal representative is pending one
year after the [termination of the appointment of the personal rep-
resentative] close of the estate pursuant to Section 10-101, the per-
sonal representative shall be discharged from any claim or demand
of any interested person. The rights so barred do not include rights
to recover from a personal representative for fraud, material mis-
take or substantial irregularity.

(b)    Claims against heirs and legatees.—Except as otherwise
provided in Sections 10-102 and 11-109, [The] the right of any per-
son seeking to recover property improperly distributed, or the value
thereof, from any person to whom property has been distributed
shall be forever barred at the later of:

(1)    3 years from the decedent's death, or

(2)    One year from the time of distribution thereof.

This section shall not bar recovery of property or the value thereof
received as the result of his participation and fraudulent distribu-
tion.

10-105.

Nothing in this subtitle shall be deemed to affect the authority of
a personal representative to perform ministerial or confirmatory acts
after an estate is closed or the appointment of the personal repre-
sentative is terminated.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 35 of Article 81
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume),
title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Assessors and Discovery of Tax-
able Property," be and it is hereby repealed.

[35. Return of assessable property by registers of wills.

The several registers of wills in this State shall annually, on or
before the first day of the month preceding the date of finality, return