110                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                           [Ch. 11

AFTER THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE,
THE REGISTER SHALL HAVE A NOTICE OF THE APPOINTMENT
PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE
COUNTY OF APPOINTMENT ONCE A WEEK IN THREE SUCCESSIVE
WEEKS, ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT AND ADDRESS OF THE
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, AND NOTIFYING CREDITORS OF THE
ESTATE TO PRESENT THEIR CLAIMS. THE PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE SHALL FILE OR HAVE FILED WITH THE REGISTER
A CERTIFICATION THAT A NOTICE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. THE
NOTICE SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN
THIS SECTION.

(B) FORM.

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF..............

............THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE UNDERSIGNED,

...........................WHOSE ADDRESS IS..............

......HAS, ON........................, APPOINTED PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF..........................

WHO DIED ON.................(WITH) (WITHOUT) A WILL.

ALL PERSONS HAVING ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPOINTMENT
(OR TO THE PROBATE OF THE WILL OF THE DECEDENT) SHALL
FILE THE SAME WITH THE REGISTER OF WILLS ON OR BEFORE SIX
MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE APPOINTMENT.

ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE DECEDENT MUST
PRESENT THEIR CLAIMS TO THE UNDERSIGNED, OR FILE THEM
WITH THE REGISTER OF WILLS ON OR BEFORE SIX MONTHS FROM
THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT.

ANY CLAIM NOT FILED ON OR BEFORE THAT DATE, OR ANY
EXTENSION PROVIDED BY LAW, IS UNENFORCEABLE THEREAFTER.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION:

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 93, §7-103. It is divided into two
subsections. The only other changes are in
style and language.

7-104. PERSONAL NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES.
(A) GENERAL.

NOT LATER THAN 20 DAYS AFTER HIS APPOINTMENT THE
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE SHALL DELIVER TO THE REGISTER THE
TEXT OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED NEWSPAPER NOTICE OF HIS
APPOINTMENT AND SHALL ADVISE THE REGISTER OF THE NAMES