Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1565 – Proof of authority and bond
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If no local ancillary administration or application or petition therefor is pending in this State, a domiciliary foreign personal representative may file with the Register of Wills in this State in a county in which property belonging to the decedent is located exemplified copies of the domiciliary foreign personal representative’s appointment and of any official bond given.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1565
- Ancillary administration: Probate administration of property (usually real property) owned in a State other than the one in which the decedent had his (her) principal residence at the time of death.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Personal representative: includes executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed and successor personal representatives and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1561
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101