Alaska Statutes Title 13, Chapter 13.16, Article 07 - Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives

• Sec. 13.16.340 Time of Accrual of Duties and Powers.
  The duties and powers of a personal representative commence upon appointment. The powers of a personal representative relate back in time to give acts...
• Sec. 13.16.345 Priority Among Different Letters.
  A person to whom general letters are issued first has exclusive authority under the letters until the appointment is terminated or modified. If, through...
• Sec. 13.16.350 General Duties; Standard of Care; Relation and Liability to Persons Interested in Estate; Standing to Sue.
  (a) A personal representative is a fiduciary who shall observe the standards of care applicable to trustees under AS 13.36.225 - 13.36.290. A personal...
• Sec. 13.16.355 Personal Representative to Proceed Without Court Order; Exception.
  A personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent's estate and, except as otherwise specified or ordered in regard...
• Sec. 13.16.360 Duty of Personal Representative; Information to Heirs and Devisees.
  Not later than 30 days after appointment, every personal representative, except any special administrator, shall give information of the appointment to the heirs and...
• Sec. 13.16.365 Duty of Personal Representative; Inventory and Appraisal.
  (a) Within three months after appointment, a personal representative, who is not a special administrator or a successor to another representative who has previously...
• Sec. 13.16.370 Employment of Appraisers.
  The personal representative may employ a qualified and disinterested appraiser to assist in ascertaining the fair market value as of the date of the...
• Sec. 13.16.375 Duty of Personal Representative; Supplementary Inventory.
  If any property not included in the original inventory comes to the knowledge of a personal representative or if the personal representative learns that...
• Sec. 13.16.380 Duty of Personal Representative; Possession of Estate.
  Except as otherwise provided by a decedent's will, every personal representative has a right to, and shall take possession or control of, the decedent's...
• Sec. 13.16.381 Disposition of Unclaimed Estate by Personal Representative.
  When there is no taker of an intestate estate, or if an heir, devisee, or claimant cannot be found and the missing person has...
• Sec. 13.16.385 Power to Avoid Transfers.
  The property liable for the payment of unsecured debts of a decedent includes all property transferred by the decedent by any means that is...
• Sec. 13.16.390 Powers of Personal Representatives; in General.
  Until termination of appointment, a personal representative has the same power over the title to property of the estate that an absolute owner would...
• Sec. 13.16.395 Improper Exercise of Power; Breach of Fiduciary Duty.
  If the exercise of power concerning the estate is improper, the personal representative is liable to interested persons for damage or loss resulting from...
• Sec. 13.16.400 Sale, Encumbrance, or Transaction Involving Conflict of Interest Voidable; Exceptions.
  Any sale or encumbrance to the personal representative, the personal representative's spouse, agent, or attorney, or any corporation or trust in which the personal...
• Sec. 13.16.405 Persons Dealing With Personal Representative; Protection.
  A person who in good faith either assists a personal representative or deals with the personal representative for value is protected as if the...
• Sec. 13.16.410 Transactions Authorized for Personal Representatives; Exceptions.
  Except as restricted or otherwise provided by the will or by an order in a formal proceeding and subject to the priorities stated in...
• Sec. 13.16.415 Powers and Duties of Successor Personal Representative.
  A successor personal representative has the same power and duty as the original personal representative to complete the administration and distribution of the estate,...
• Sec. 13.16.420 Co-Representatives; When Joint Action Required.
  If two or more persons are appointed co-representatives and unless the will provides otherwise, the concurrence of all is required on all acts connected...
• Sec. 13.16.425 Powers of Surviving Personal Representative.
  Unless the terms of the will provide otherwise, every power exercisable by personal co-representatives may be exercised by the one or more remaining after...
• Sec. 13.16.430 Compensation of Personal Representative.
  A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for services. If a will provides for compensation of the personal representative and there is no...
• Sec. 13.16.435 Expenses in Estate Litigation.
  If any personal representative or person nominated as personal representative defends or prosecutes any proceeding in good faith, whether successful or not, that person...
• Sec. 13.16.440 Review of Employment of Agents and Other Persons and Compensation of Personal Representatives and Other Persons.
  After notice to all interested persons or on petition of an interested person or on appropriate motion if administration is supervised, the propriety of...

Last modified: November 15, 2016