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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

[79 STAT.

executor or administrator or insufficiency of his effects as to leave the creditor without remedy except by action on the bond. §20-365. Service on nonresident executor or administrator; failure to give power of attorney Before original or ancillary letters testamentary or of administration are issued, the person designated, if a nonresident of the District of Columbia, shall file in the office of the Kegister of Wills an irrevocable power of attorney designating the Register of Wills and his successors in office as the person upon whom all notices and process issued by a competent court in the District may be served, with like effect as personal service, in relation to all suits, matters, causes, or things affecting or pertaining to the estate in which the letters are to be issued. The Register of Wills shall forthwith forward by registered or certified mail to the address of the executor or administrator, which shall be stated in the power of attorney, all notices and process served upon the Register under this section. If the person fails to file the power of attorney within 10 days after the entry of the order of appointment, the order shall stand revoked, and he shall forfeit all rights to the office. § 20-^66. Resignation; petition; accounting; liability Where a person, after having accepted the office of executor or administrator, desires to resign the office, he may file his petition to that effect, accompanied by a full and particular account, under oath, of his receipts and disbursements, if any. The court shall thereupon direct such notice as it deems proper to be given of the application, and, if cause is not shown to the contrary, may release and discharge him from his office and enter such order as to costs and commissions and impose such terms in other respects as the nature of the case requires. The executor or administrator is not, by the discharge, released from liability for past acts, defaults, or omissions of duty. CHAPTER 5—COLLECTORS Sec.

20-501. 20-502. 20-503. 20-504.

Letters of collection, or ad colligendum. Oath and bond of collector; form. Service on nonresident collector; failure to give power of attorney. Duties of collector; liability; commission; additional bond requirements if real estate to be possessed. 20-505. Removal of co-collector for negligence or misconduct; complaint; recovery of loss or damage. 20-506. Cessation of powers. 20-507. Liability of collector for refusing to deliver estate. § 20-501. Letters of collection, or ad colligendum (a) Letters of collection, or ad colligendum, may be granted to one or more persons, when: (1) there is a contest in relation to a will; or (2) the executor is absent from the District of Columbia; or (3) there is a delay in the executor's qualifying; or (4) there is other sufficient cause. (b) The form of letters of collection is as follows: To all persons to whom these presents come, greeting: Whereas , of, deceased, had, as is said, at his decease, personal property within the District of Columbia, administration whereof can not immediately be granted, but which, if speedy care be not taken, may be lost, destroyed, or diminished, to the end that the same may be preserved for those who may appear to have a legal right or interest therein, we do hereby request and authorize , of, to secure and collect the property, wheresoever the same may be, in the District, whether goods, chattels, debts, or credits, and to make a true inventory thereof and exhibit it with all

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