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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

it shall order an additional inventory or list of debts, as the case may be, to be returned by the executor, administrator, or collector, and appraisement to be made accordingly, to comprehend the assets omitted. The court may compel obedience to the order, and, if it is not complied with, revoke the letters and order the bond of the executor, administrator, or collector to be put in suit. § 20-1505. Suits by foreign executors and administrators A person to whom letters testamentary or of administration have been granted by the proper authority in any of the United States or the territories thereof may maintain a suit or action and prosecute and recover a claim in the District of Columbia in the same manner as if the letters had been granted to him in the District. The letters, or a copy thereof certified under the seal of the authority granting them, are sufficient evidence to prove the granting of the letters, and that the person has administration. The Probate Court of the District of Columbia may, however, upon the petition of any one interested, require from the person the security required by law in like cases from a resident administrator or executor, or the court may grant auxiliary or ancillary letters, if the case requires, to the same person or other persons. § 20-1506. Suits on bonds against heirs A creditor by a bond which purports to bind the heirs of the obligor may not sue the heirs in respect of assets descended to them, but shall make his claim against the estate in the same manner as required of other creditors. Debts arising by specialty and by simple contract, without distinction, are payable primarily out of the personal estate, and, if that is insufficient, are payable equally and without preference out of the proceeds of the real estate. CHAPTER 17—ACCOUNTS Sec.

20-1701. 20-1702. 20-1703. 20-1704. 20-1705. 20-1706. 20-1707. 20-1708. 20-1709. 20-1710.

Time for rendering first account. Subsequent accounts. Failure to account. Assets to be charged. Disbursements and allowances. Bequests to executors. Executor of deceased executor or administrator to render account. Accounts of deceased executrix or administratrix. Lost property. Executor or administrator of deceased executor or administrator entitled to commission; accounts.

§ 20-1701. Time for rendering first account An executor or administrator shall render to the Probate Court within twelve months from the date of his letters the first account of his administration, and may render the account six months after the date of his letters. § 20-1702. Subsequent accounts When the first account of an executor or administrator does not show the estate which was on hand to be fully administered, the executor or administrator shall render other accounts from time to time until the estate is fully administered, under such rules as the court establishes. § 20-1703. Failure to account If an executor or administrator fails to return an account within the time limited by law or fixed by the rules of court, or within such further time as the Probate Court allows, his letters, on application of a person interested, may be revoked and administration granted at the discretion of the court.

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