Florida Statutes Part VI - Duties And Powers Of Personal Representative (Ss. 733.601-733.620)

• 733.601 - 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 by...
• 733.602 - General Duties.
  (1) A personal representative is a fiduciary who shall observe the standards of care applicable to trustees. A personal representative is under a duty to settle...
• 733.603 - Personal Representative To Proceed Without Court Order.
  A personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent’s estate and, except as otherwise specified by this code or ordered...
• 733.604 - Inventories And Accountings; Public Records Exemptions.
  (1)(a) Unless an inventory has been previously filed, a personal representative shall file a verified inventory of property of the estate, listing it with reasonable detail...
• 733.6065 - Opening Safe-deposit Box.
  (1) Subject to the provisions of s. 655.936(2), the initial opening of a safe-deposit box that is leased or coleased by the decedent shall be conducted...
• 733.607 - Possession Of Estate.
  (1) 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 property,...
• 733.608 - General Power Of The Personal Representative.
  (1) All real and personal property of the decedent, except the protected homestead, within this state and the rents, income, issues, and profits from it shall...
• 733.609 - Improper Exercise Of Power; Breach Of Fiduciary Duty.
  (1) A personal representative’s fiduciary duty is the same as the fiduciary duty of a trustee of an express trust, and a personal representative is liable...
• 733.610 - Sale, Encumbrance, Or Transaction Involving Conflict Of Interest.
  Any sale or encumbrance to the personal representative or the personal representative’s spouse, agent, or attorney, or any corporation or trust in which the personal...
• 733.611 - Persons Dealing With The Personal Representative; Protection.
  Except as provided in s. 733.613(1), a person who in good faith either assists or deals for value with a personal representative is protected as...
• 733.612 - Transactions Authorized For The Personal Representative; Exceptions.
  Except as otherwise provided by the will or court order, and subject to the priorities stated in s. 733.805, without court order, a personal representative,...
• 733.6121 - Personal Representative; Powers As To Environmental Issues Relating To Property Subject To Administration; Liability.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by the will or by court order, and subject to s. 733.805, the personal representative has, without court authorization, the powers...
• 733.613 - Personal Representative’s Right To Sell Real Property.
  (1) When a personal representative of an intestate estate, or whose testator has not conferred a power of sale or whose testator has granted a power...
• 733.614 - 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 as...
• 733.615 - Joint Personal Representatives; When Joint Action Required.
  (1) If two or more persons are appointed joint personal representatives, and unless the will provides otherwise, the concurrence of all joint personal representatives appointed pursuant...
• 733.616 - Powers Of Surviving Personal Representatives.
  Unless otherwise provided by the terms of the will or a court order, every power exercisable by joint personal representatives may be exercised by the...
• 733.617 - Compensation Of Personal Representative.
  (1) A personal representative shall be entitled to a commission payable from the estate assets without court order as compensation for ordinary services. The commission shall...
• 733.6171 - Compensation Of Attorney For The Personal Representative.
  (1) Attorneys for personal representatives shall be entitled to reasonable compensation payable from the estate assets without court order.(2) The attorney, the personal representative, and persons bearing...
• 733.6175 - Proceedings For Review Of Employment Of Agents And Compensation Of Personal Representatives And Employees Of Estate.
  (1) The court may review the propriety of the employment of any person employed by the personal representative and the reasonableness of any compensation paid to...
• 733.619 - Individual Liability Of Personal Representative.
  (1) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a personal representative is not individually liable on a contract, except a contract for attorney’s fee, properly entered into...
• 733.620 - Exculpation Of Personal Representative.
  (1) A term of a will relieving a personal representative of liability to a beneficiary for breach of fiduciary duty is unenforceable to the extent that...

Last modified: September 23, 2016