Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 14 > Chapter 4 - Foreign Personal Representatives; Ancillary Administration

• Application: means a written request to the registrar for an order of informal probate or appointment under chapter 3, article 3 of this title. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bank: means a corporation that holds a banking permit issued pursuant to chapter 2 of this title. See Arizona Laws 6-101
• Court: means the superior court. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Deputy director: means the deputy director of the financial institutions division of the department. See Arizona Laws 6-101
• Foreign personal representative: means a personal representative who is appointed by another jurisdiction. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Local administration: means administration by a personal representative appointed in this state pursuant to appointment proceedings described in chapter 3. See Arizona Laws 14-4101
• Local personal representative: includes any personal representative appointed in this state pursuant to appointment proceedings described in chapter 3 and excludes foreign personal representatives who acquire the power of a local personal representative pursuant to section 14-4205. See Arizona Laws 14-4101
• Nonresident decedent: means a decedent who was domiciled in another jurisdiction at the time of the decedent's death. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: means an individual or an organization. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Personal representative: includes an executor, an administrator, a successor personal representative, a special administrator and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Petition: means a written request to the court for an order after notice. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Probate: Proving a will
• Proceeding: includes action at law and suit in equity. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Resident creditor: means a person domiciled in, or doing business in this state, who is, or could be, a claimant against an estate of a nonresident decedent. See Arizona Laws 14-4101
• State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Arizona Laws 14-9101
• Will: includes a codicil and any testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession. See Arizona Laws 14-1201