WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 614

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Estates and Trusts

5-601.

(a)  If the property of the decedent subject to
administration in Maryland is established to have a gross value
of [$10,000] $20,000 or less as of the date of the death of the
decedent, the estate may be administered in accordance with the
provisions of §§ 5-602 through 5-607.

(b)  If, before the filing of an initial account in
administration proceedings instituted under Subtitle 3 or
Subtitle 4 of this title, the property of the decedent subject to
administration in Maryland is established to have a gross value
of [$10,000] $20,000 or less as of the date of the death of the
decedent, the estate thereafter may be administered in accordance
with the provisions of §§ 5-602 through 5-607.

(c)  An inheritance tax is not due or payable on a
distribution from such estate.

5-603.

(a) If the register finds that the petition and additional
information filed in the proceeding is accurate, he shall:

(1) Direct that the petitioner serve as personal
representative of the small estate AND ISSUE ADDITIONAL LETTERS
OF ADMINISTRATION AS NEEDED;

(b)(1) If the register directs a proceeding in accordance
with subsection (a)(4), unless notice of the appointment of a
personal representative appointed under Subtitle 3 or Subtitle 4
of this title has been published one or more times notice shall
be given once in the form required by § 7-103, but the period
within which objection must be made to the action or within which
claims must be filed is [30] 60 days from the date of publication

of notice.

5-605.

Property of the decedent discovered after the filing of the
petition shall be reported immediately by supplemental petition.
If no administration was had in accordance with § 5-603(a)(4)
because of the failure to include after-discovered property in
the original petition, the register shall direct appropriate

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