Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts § 7-103.1
Notification of creditors
Effective Oct 1, 2019Added by Acts 1989, c. 496, § 1. Amended by Acts 1992, c. 226. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 197, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.State of Maryland
(a) Promptly after appointment, the personal representative of a decedent's estate shall:
- (1) Make a reasonably diligent effort to ascertain the names and addresses of the decedent's creditors; and
- (2) Mail or otherwise deliver a notice to those creditors whose names and addresses the personal representative has ascertained of the time within which their claims may be presented under § 8-103(a) of this article.
- (b) Notice under this section shall be sufficient if the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to a creditor a copy of the notice required by § 7-103(b) of this subtitle.
(c)
- (1) The failure of a creditor to receive notice under this section shall not extend the time within which the creditor may present a claim beyond 6 months from the date of the decedent's death.
- (2) The personal representative, individually and on behalf of the estate, is not liable for failing under this section to ascertain or notify a creditor or for giving notice to a person who is not a creditor of the decedent.
Added by Acts 1989, c. 496, § 1. Amended by Acts 1992, c. 226. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 197, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.