General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 194 Public Administrators

• Massachusetts General Laws - Appointment; number; term - Chapter 194, Section 1
  There shall be in each county one or more public administrators, not exceeding six in Middlesex and in Suffolk or five in any other county,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bond; form; conditions - Chapter 194, Section 2
  A public administrator shall give bond for the faithful administration of each estate on which letters of administration may be granted to him as such...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1931, 305, Sec. 2 - Chapter 194, Section 3
  Repealed, 1931, 305, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duties - Chapter 194, Section 4
  A public administrator shall, except as hereinafter provided, take out letters of administration and faithfully administer upon the estates of persons who die intestate within...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Instances when public administrator should not act - Chapter 194, Section 5
  Administration shall not be granted to a public administrator when the husband, widow or an heir of the deceased, in writing, claims the right of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Waiting period before administration - Chapter 194, Section 5A
  Administration shall not be granted to a public administrator until after the expiration of ten days from the date of death.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation for services of person taking out citation - Chapter 194, Section 6
  If after citation has been issued by the probate court to a public administrator upon the estate of a deceased person, administration shall not be...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Change after grant of letters to public administrator - Chapter 194, Section 7
  If, after the granting of letters of administration to a public administrator and before the final settlement of the estate, the husband, widow or an...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Death, resignation or removal of public administrator - Chapter 194, Section 8
  Upon the death, resignation or removal of a public administrator, the probate court shall issue a warrant to some other public administrator in the same...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers relating to real property - Chapter 194, Section 9
  Public administrators may be authorized to take charge of the real property of the deceased or of any part thereof situated anywhere within the commonwealth,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Unclaimed balance of estate; deposit with treasurer - Chapter 194, Section 10
  When an estate has been fully administered by a public administrator, or by the executor or administrator with the will annexed of a person who...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual accounts; failure to deposit remaining money with treasurer on final settlement - Chapter 194, Section 11
  The probate court in each county shall require every public administrator in such county to render an account of his proceedings under any letters of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Accounting to successor administrator or executor - Chapter 194, Section 12
  A public administrator shall, upon the appointment and qualification of an executor or administrator as his successor, surrender into the probate court his letters of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Administration of pending estates at expiration of administrator’s term - Chapter 194, Section 13
  Public administrators shall complete, as soon as they lawfully may, the administration of estates in their hands of which the administration is not complete at...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1990, 506, Sec. 3 - Chapter 194, Section 14 15
  Repealed, 1990, 506, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Action by district attorney to insure prompt and faithful administration - Chapter 194, Section 16
  If a public administrator neglects to return an inventory, settle an account or perform any other duty incumbent on him in relation to an estate,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Estates of less than $700 - Chapter 194, Section 17
  If the total value of an estate which has come into the control of a public administrator is less than seven hundred dollars, unless the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Exemption from responsibility of estates of less than $700 - Chapter 194, Section 18
  A public administrator, upon making such deposit, shall file with the state treasurer an itemized account, on oath, of all his dealings, receipts, payments and...

Last modified: September 11, 2015