MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 91

A FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE SHALL PUBLISH ONCE
A WEEK FOR THREE SUCCESSIVE WEEKS A NOTICE IN A NEWSPAPER
OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN EACH COUNTY IN WHICH REAL OR
LEASEHOLD PROPERTY OF THE DECEDENT WAS LOCATED,
ANNOUNCING HIS APPOINTMENT, HIS NAME AND ADDRESS, THE
NAME AND ADDRESS OF HIS MARYLAND AGENT FOR SERVICE OF
PROCESS ON FILE WITH THE REGISTER IN EACH COUNTY WHERE
REAL OR LEASEHOLD PROPERTY WAS LOCATED, 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
WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION. HE
SHALL RECORD IN EACH APPROPRIATE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER A
CERTIFICATION THAT HE HAS PUBLISHED NOTICE AS REQUIRED.

(C) STATEMENT OF CLAIM.

WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF FIRST
PUBLICATION, A CREDITOR MAY FILE WITH THE REGISTER A
WRITTEN STATEMENT OF HIS CLAIM, IN THE FORM SET FORTH IN
§8-104(B), AND DELIVER OR MAIL A COPY OF THE STATEMENT TO
THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE,. THE REGISTER SHALL MAINTAIN
A BOOK KNOWN AS THE "CLAIMS AGAINST NONRESIDENT
DECEDENTS" BOOK IN WHICH EVERY CLAIM AND RELEASE SHALL BE
RECORDED. UNLESS AND UNTIL A RELEASE OF A VALIDLY
RECORDED CLAIM HAS BEEN RECORDED, OR THE CLAIM HAS
FINALLY BEEN DETERMINED IN FAVOR OF THE PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE, THE CLAIM SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST
THE REAL AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTY OWNED BY THE DECEDENT IN
THE COUNTY AT HIS DEATH FOR A PERIOD OF 12 YEARS FROM
DATE OF DEATH. IF THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IS
EMPOWERED BY THE WILL TO SELL THE PROPERTY THE CLAIM
SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE NET PROCEEDS FROM THE
SALE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 93, §§5-501A and 5-503. Sec. 5-501A is
drafted as (a) of §5-503. Sec. 5-503 is
drafted as (b) and (c) of §5-503. The only
other changes are in style and language.

5-504. PROCEDURE FOR FIXING INHERITANCE TAX.
(A) APPLICATION.

A FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ADMINISTERING AN
ESTATE WHICH HAS PROPERTY LOCATED IN MARYLAND SUBJECT TO
MARYLAND INHERITANCE TAXES SHALL FILE WITH THE REGISTER
OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE FOREIGN PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE BELIEVES THE LARGEST PART IN VALUE OF THE
PROPERTY IS LOCATED, A COPY OF HIS APPOINTMENT AS
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OF THE WILL OF THE DECEDENT,
IF THERE IS A WILL, AUTHENTICATED PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C.A.
§1738, TOGETHER WITH A VERIFIED APPLICATION WHICH SHALL