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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

[79 STAT.

(b) The collector may be allowed a commission not exceeding 10 per centum on the personal property, debts due the estate, and rentals from real estate actually collected by him. (c) Where the collector is authorized by the court to take possession of the real estate affected by the will or wills in dispute, the letters of collection shall so expressly specify, and his bond as collector, in addition to the several matters set forth in section 20-502, shall specifically include the faithful performance of his duties with respect to the real estate. §20-505. Removal of co-collector for negligence or misconduct; complaint; recovery of loss or damage If a joint collector apprehends that he is in danger of suffering by the negligence or misconduct by a co-collector in the administration or the improper use or misapplication of the assets of the estate, he may apply to the court for relief. Upon adjudging the complaint to be well founded, the court may revoke the powers and authority of the collector so complained of and compel the delivery and surrender to the remaining collector of the assets, books, papers, and evidences of debt, of the estate that may be in the possession or control of the person so dismissed from the administration. The remaining collectors may recover, in a civil action, for any loss or damage they may suffer through the collector whose powers have been revoked. § 20-506. Cessation of powers On the granting of letters testamentary or of administration the power of a collector cease. He shall deliver, on demand, all the property and money of the decedent in his hands and excepted by section 20-504, to the person obtaining the letters, and the latter may be permitted to prosecute suits commenced by the collector as if they had been begun by him, and may also defend suits brought against the collector by a creditor of the deceased. § 20-507. Liability of collector for refusing to deliver estate If a collector neglects or refuses to deliver over the property and estate to the executor or administrator, the court may, by citation and attachment, compel him to do so, and the executor or administrator may also proceed, by civil action, to recover the value of the assets from him and his sureties by action on his bond. CHAPTER 7—INVENTORY OF A S S E T S Sec. 20-701. 20-702, 20-703. 20-704. 20-705. 20-706. 20-707. 20-708.

Inventory; when made; contents; exceptions. Appraisers. Death of appraisers; failure to act. Appraisement; notice; return. Contents of inventory. Exceptions to inventory. Collector's inventory. Co-executor or co-administrator may file inventory if others neglect to do so. §20-701. Inventory; when made; contents; exceptions An executor or administrator who has not filed a special bond provided for by sections 20-304 and 20-333, or a collector shall, within two months after his appointment, or such longer time as the court allows, make and return, upon oath, into court a true inventory of all the personal estate of the deceased which are by law to be administered and which have come to his possession or knowledge. Where the court deems it proper, it may also order him to include in the inventory all the real estate of the deceased.

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