Ohio Code 2129.25 – Foreign executor or administrator may be authorized to sell real property
When an executor or administrator is appointed in any other state, territory, or foreign country for the estate of a person dying out of this state, and no executor or administrator for the estate is appointed in this state, the foreign executor or administrator may file an authenticated copy of the foreign executor’s or administrator’s appointment in the probate court of any county in which there is real property of the deceased, together with an authenticated copy of the will. After filing those copies, the foreign executor or administrator may be authorized, under an order of the court, to sell real property for the payment of debts or legacies and charges of administration, in the manner prescribed in sections 2127.01 to 2127.43 of the Revised Code.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2129.25
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Probate: Proving a will
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59