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TN Code § 30-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-102. Jurisdiction to Grant Letters

 Letters of administration shall be granted by the probate court of the county where the intestate had usual residence at the time of the intestate's death, or, in case the intestate had fixed places of residence in more than one county, the probate court of either county may grant letters of administration upon the intestate's estate.   Code 1858, § 2202 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 2, § 62; 1789, ch. 23, § 1; 1794, ch. 1, § 47); Shan., § 3934; mod. Code 1932, § 8144; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-102.
TN Code § 30-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-103. Nonresident Decedents — Granting Letters Testamentary or of Administration

  Letters testamentary or of administration may be granted upon the estate of a person who resided, at the time of the person's death, in some other state or territory of the union, or in a foreign country, by the probate court of any county in this state:  Where the deceased had any goods, chattels, or assets, or any estate, real or personal, at the time of the person's death, or where the goods, chattels, assets, or estate may be when the letters are applied for;   Where any debtor of the deceased resides;   Where any debtor of a debtor of the deceased resides, the debt being unpaid when the application is made; or   Where any suit is to be brought, prosecuted, or defended, in which the estate is interested.     In the case of subdivision (a)(4):  If the suit is pending, or to be brought, in a chancery court composed of more than one county, the probate court of any one of the counties may grant the letters; and   If the suit is pending in an appellate court, the letters shall be granted by the probate court of the county in which the suit originated.      Code 1858, §§ 2203-2205 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 24, §§ 1, 2; 1841-1842, ch. 69, § 1; 1841-1842, ch. 165, § 1); Shan., §§ 3935-3937; Code 1932, §§ 8145-8147; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 30-103 — 30-105.
TN Code § 30-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-104. Service of Process Upon Nonresident Representative

   Whenever a nonresident of the state qualifies in this state as the executor or administrator of a person dying in or leaving assets or property in this state, for the purpose of suing or being sued, or for the purpose of being cited or otherwise notified by the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered, the nonresident shall be deemed to have assented to be treated as a resident citizen of this state.   In case it is desired by any citizen or resident of this state to sue the administrator or executor in the administrator's or executor's official capacity for any debt or demand, due or owing to any citizen or resident of this state, from the testator or intestate, then, in case of the inability of the officer in whose hands process is placed to find the administrator or executor in this state, notice of the suit, served upon the clerk of the probate court of the county in which the party qualified as administrator or executor, shall be sufficient notice to bring the administrator or executor before the court issuing the process; provided, that the clerk shall notify by United States registered return-receipt mail the executor or administrator of notice having been served upon the clerk.     The nonresident of the state, qualifying as executor or administrator as aforementioned, shall give to the clerk of the probate court of the county in which the nonresident qualifies the nonresident's address, and a letter so mailed to the nonresident at that address shall be sufficient notice, unless subsequently changed and notice accordingly given to the probate court clerk, in which event notice to the changed address, shall be sufficient.
TN Code § 30-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-105. Recording of Letters — Validity of Certified Copy

 All letters testamentary and of administration, when granted by the probate court, shall be recorded in that court, and a certified copy of the record shall be of the same validity as the original letters granted.   Code 1858, § 2206 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 7); Shan., § 3938; mod. Code 1932, § 8150; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-108.
TN Code § 30-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-106. Preference in Granting of Letters

 When any person dies intestate in this state, administration shall be granted to the spouse of that person, if the spouse makes application for administration. For want of application for administration upon the part of the spouse, the administration shall be granted to the next of kin, if such next of kin apply for it. If neither the spouse nor next of kin make application for administration, then administration shall be granted to a creditor proving the decedent's debt on oath before the probate court; provided, that when there is more than one next of kin, the probate court may decide which of the kin shall be entitled to the administration.
TN Code § 30-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-107. Appeal From Grant of Letters

  Any person who claims a right to execute a will, or to administer on the estate of an intestate, and who thinks that person to be injured by an order of the court awarding letters testamentary or of administration, may appeal to the appropriate court in accordance with § 30-2-609, on giving bond as in other cases of appeal.   After the appropriate court has heard such appeal and a determination is made, the judgment shall be certified to the probate court, that it may proceed in the case accordingly.    Code 1858, §§ 2207, 2208 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 48); Shan., §§ 3940, 3941; Code 1932, §§ 8152, 8153; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 30-110, 30-111; Acts 1988, ch. 854, § 3.
TN Code § 30-1-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-108. Administrator Pendente Lite

 The probate judges are authorized to appoint an administrator pendente lite in any case that may arise in their respective courts where any will may be the subject of contest or litigation.
TN Code § 30-1-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-109. Administrator Ad Litem

  In all proceedings in the probate or chancery courts, or any other court having chancery jurisdiction, where the estate of a deceased person must be represented, and there is no executor or administrator of the estate, or the executor or administrator of the estate is interested adversely to the estate, it shall be the duty of the judge or chancellor of the court, in which the proceeding is had, to appoint an administrator ad litem of the estate for the particular proceeding, and without requiring a bond of the administrator ad litem, except in a case where it becomes necessary for the administrator ad litem to take control and custody of property or assets of the intestate's estate, when the administrator ad litem shall execute a bond, with good security, as other administrators are required to give, in such amounts as the chancellor or judge may order, before taking control and custody of the property or assets.   This appointment shall be made whenever the facts rendering it necessary appear in the record of such a case, or shall be made known to the court by the affidavit of any person interested in the case; and, in such proceedings in the chancery court, the chancellor at chambers or clerk and master of the court on a rule day shall have authority to make an appointment in vacation.
TN Code § 30-1-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-110. Time Within Which Administration May Be Granted

 The time within which administration may be granted shall be as follows:   Deceased Entitled to Remainder Not Reduced to Possession.  Where a person dies entitled to a vested or contingent remainder, not reduced to possession in the deceased's lifetime, ten (10) years after the termination of the life or other particular estate on which the remainder depends, letters shall be given to administer upon the deceased's estate in the remainder.   Distributee under Disability at Death of Ancestor.  Administration may be granted at any time within twenty-two (22) years from the death of the deceased to any person entitled to distribution who was an infant when the deceased died.   Prosecuting Claims Against Government.  A special administration may be granted for the purpose of prosecuting any claim against the government of the United States, without any limitation of time.    Code 1858, § 2220 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 24, § 3; 1835-1836, ch. 86, § 3; 1841-1842, ch. 69, § 2; 1853-1854, ch. 98, § 1); Shan., § 3955; mod. Code 1932, § 8167; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-113; Acts 1993, ch. 449, § 2.
TN Code § 30-1-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-111. Oath of Representative

 The clerk shall, before delivering the letters of administration or letters testamentary to the personal representative, administer to the representative, if an executor, an oath for performing the will of the deceased; and, if an administrator, an oath for the faithful performance of the administrator's duty; and, as to both, an oath that all statements in the petition about the representative are true and accurate and the representative is not disqualified from serving because of having been sentenced to imprisonment in a penitentiary as set forth in § 40-20-115 or otherwise. In the alternative, the oaths of the administrator or executor may be sworn or affirmed in the presence of a notary public and the acknowledgment of the representative's oaths, when certified by the notary public, shall be presented to the appropriate clerk.   Code 1858, § 2221 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 48, § 5); Shan., § 3956; Code 1932, § 8168; Acts 1983, ch. 55, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-114; Acts 2019, ch. 332, § 2.
TN Code § 30-1-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-112. Resignation of Representative

  Any named executor in a decedent's last will and testament may decline to serve as such personal representative by filing a sworn statement, or a statement under penalty of perjury, with the court.   Any personal representative may resign and relinquish trust in the following manner:  Filing Petition.  The personal representative shall file the petition in the probate court or chancery court having cognizance of the settlement of the estate of the deceased whom the petitioner represents, praying to be permitted to resign.   Notice to Legatees, etc.  When the legatees, devisees, or distributees entitled to the estate reside in the county where the letters testamentary or of administration were granted, five (5) days' notice shall be given them, their agent or attorney, of the filing or intention to file, the petition. Where they reside out of the county, the court shall order notice to be given by publication in a newspaper, or by posting at the courthouse door, or in such other mode as it thinks reasonable.   Petitioner to Settle Accounts — New Administrator.   After notice has been given, the court shall cause the petitioner's accounts to be settled, and may, at its discretion, accept the resignation of the petitioner, and appoint a new administrator, taking from the appointee a good and sufficient administration bond.      Code 1858, § 2237 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 141, §§ 1, 2); Shan., § 3973; Code 1932, § 8185; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-115; Acts 2016, ch. 809, §§ 4, 5.
TN Code § 30-1-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-113. Estate Turned Over to New Administrator — Inventory

  The court shall order the petitioner to pay over and deliver to the new personal representative the balance of money, property, and effects in the petitioner's hands; and, unless the payment and delivery are made in pursuance of the order, the court may order an execution against the petitioner and the petitioner's sureties, after giving five (5) days' notice to the sureties.   Within one (1) month from the time of appointment, the new representative shall make and duly file a true and perfect inventory of the estate of the deceased that comes to the representative's hands.    Code 1858, §§ 2238, 2239 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 141, §§ 3, 4); Shan., §§ 3974, 3975; Code 1932, §§ 8186, 8187; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 30-116, 30-117.
TN Code § 30-1-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-114. Transfer of Administration to New County

  Any person interested in an administration may have the administration transferred to a new county formed after it was granted, and including the residence of the deceased, by filing, in the clerk's office of the new county, a transcript, duly certified, of the proceedings already had in the administration, after which the administration shall be conducted as if the letters had been granted in the new county. But without so filing a transcript, the probate court of the new county, or its clerk, can do nothing in the administration.   The fees paid to the clerk of the old county for the transcript, by the party procuring it, shall be chargeable to the estate.    Code 1858, §§ 2235, 2236 (Acts 1851-1852, ch. 149, §§ 1, 2, 4-6); Shan., §§ 3971, 3972; Code 1932, §§ 8183, 8184; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 30-401, 30-402.
TN Code § 30-1-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-115. Administrator With Will Annexed — Powers and Authority

 An administrator with the will annexed, appointed instead of an executor resigned, and all administrators with the will annexed, shall have the same power and authority as the executor had by the will of the testator, and may sell land, if the executor possessed that power.   Code 1858, § 2240 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 141, § 4); Shan., § 3976; Code 1932, § 8188; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-118.
TN Code § 30-1-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-116. Appointment of Nonresident Personal Representative

 No nonresident person, bank or trust company may be appointed as the personal representative of an estate of a decedent, except as provided in § 35-50-107.
TN Code § 30-1-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-117. Petition and Documents Required to Be Filed With Application for Letters

  To apply for letters of administration or letters testamentary to administer the estate of a decedent, a verified petition containing the following information and documents shall be filed with the court:  The identity of the petitioner;   The decedent's name, age, if known, date and place of death, and residence at time of death;   In case of intestacy, the name, age, if known, mailing address and relationship of each heir at law of the decedent;   A statement that the decedent died intestate or the date of execution, if known, and the names of all attesting witnesses of the document or documents offered for probate;   The document or documents offered for probate, or a copy thereof, as an exhibit to the petition;   The names and relationships of the devisees and legatees and the city of residence of each if known, similar information for those who otherwise would be entitled to the decedent's property under the statutes of intestate succession, and the identification of any minor or other person under disability;   An estimate of the fair market value of the estate to be administered, unless bond is waived by the document offered for probate or is waived as authorized by statute;   If there is a document, whether the document offered for probate waives the filing of any inventory and accounting or whether such is not otherwise required by law;   If there is a document, a statement that the petitioner is not aware of any instrument revoking the document being offered for probate, if that is the case, and that the petitioner believes that the document being offered for probate is the decedent's last will; and   The name, age, mailing address, relationship of the proposed personal representative to the decedent, a statement of any felony or misdemeanor convictions, and a statement of any sentence of imprisonment in a penitentiary.     No notice of the probate proceeding shall be required except for probate in solemn form, which shall require due notice in the manner provided by law to all persons interested.
TN Code § 30-1-151 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 30-1-151. Procedure for Removal

 Any executor or administrator may be removed in accordance with the procedures in § 35-15-706.
TN Code § 30-1-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 30-1-201. When Bond Required

   The clerk shall not require a bond of the personal representative before issuing letters testamentary or letters of administration if:  The decedent by will excuses the personal representative from making bond;   The personal representative and the sole beneficiary of the estate are the same person and the court approves;   All of the beneficiaries are adults, who are not under a disability that would preclude them from acting, and all beneficiaries consent to the personal representative serving without bond by filing a sworn statement, or a statement under penalty of perjury, with the court and the court approves; or   The personal representative is a bank that is excused from the requirements of bond by § 45-2-1005.     If the preceding exemptions from making bond do not apply, the clerk, before issuing the letters, shall take from the personal representative a bond payable to the state, with two (2) or more sufficient sureties or one (1) corporate surety, in an amount determined by the court. If bond is required, the bond shall not be less than the value of the estate of the decedent subject to administration nor more than double the value of the estate and the court may increase or decrease the amount at any time by order.     Any interested person may petition the court to suggest and show that the personal representative is wasting, or likely to waste, the estate. In this event, the court may require bond in an amount it deems advisable.    Code 1858, § 2222 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 48, § 5; 1813, ch. 120, § 4); Shan., § 3957; Acts 1923, ch. 48, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3957a1; mod. Code 1932, § 8169; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-201; Acts 1985, ch. 140, § 6; 2016, ch. 809, § 6.
TN Code § 30-1-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 30-1-202. Increasing Amount of Bond or Adding Sureties

 The court shall, upon a showing made by any person interested in the estate that the bond is not sufficient either as to the amount or as to the solvency of the surety or sureties, increase the bond as to amount or require additional sureties, or both, so as fully to protect all persons interested.
TN Code § 30-1-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 30-1-203. Form of Bond

 The bond must be substantially in the following form:   We, A B, C D, and E F, are bound to the state in the penalty of  dollars. Witness our hands, this  day of  , 20  . The condition of this obligation is such, that, whereas, the above bound A B has been appointed executor of the will of G H, deceased (or administrator, as the case may be); now, if A B shall well and truly, as such executor (or administrator, as the case may be), perform all the duties that are or may be required by law, which includes paying all court costs, attorney's fees, and other expenses which may be reasonably incurred because of failure of A B to properly account for and utilize all funds coming into the hands of A B, this obligation shall be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.   Code 1858, § 2223 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 48, § 5; 1822, ch. 16, § 1); Shan., § 3958; Code 1932, § 8171; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-203; Acts 2011, ch. 477, §§ 1, 2.
TN Code § 30-1-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 30-1-204. Liability on Bond for Performance of Trusts

  All executors and their sureties shall be liable upon their bonds for the performance of all the trusts of the will that they are required to perform, as also all duties devolving upon them as executors, as well in relation to the real as personal estate; and, in like manner, administrators with the will annexed, and their sureties, shall be liable upon their bonds for the performance of all the trusts and duties of their respective offices, as well in relation to real as personal estates; and the bonds, when taken substantially in the forms prescribed by law, shall bind the executors and administrators, and their sureties, as provided in this section.   If, however, the final account of an executor or administrator with the will annexed is settled before the full performance of all the trusts of the will, and trust funds of the estate, as shown by the settlement of the account, are turned over to a trustee duly qualified as provided for in the will, to complete the performance of the trusts, the executor or administrator with the will annexed and the sureties shall not be liable for the further performance of the trusts.
TN Code § 30-1-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 30 - Administration of Estates|Chapter 1 - Executors and Administrators|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 30-1-205. Validity of Bond Not Dependent Upon Form

 The bond or any other bond executed by the parties, although not strictly in accordance with the above provision and form, because made payable to a different payee, or because the condition is more extensive or less extensive, or otherwise, shall be valid and effectual to the extent of its stipulations and conditions, and subject the parties to the bond in the same way as if the bond had been drawn in strict conformity to law, so long as the language of the bond includes, within the total obligation of the bond, the obligation to pay all court costs, attorney's fees, and other expenses reasonably incurred because of the failure of the personal representative to properly account for and utilize all funds coming into the hands of the personal representative.   Code 1858, § 2224; Shan., § 3960; mod. Code 1932, § 8173; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-205; Acts 2011, ch. 477, § 3.