Minnesota § 524.3-104 524.3-104 CLAIMS AGAINST DECEDENT; NECESSITY OF ADMINISTRATION.

Minnesota Statutes

§ 524.3-104 — 524.3-104 CLAIMS AGAINST DECEDENT; NECESSITY OF ADMINISTRATION.

Minnesota § 524.3-104

PartPROBATE; PROPERTY; ESTATES; GUARDIANSHIPS; ANATOMICAL GIFTS

Ch. 524UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

This text of Minnesota § 524.3-104 (524.3-104 CLAIMS AGAINST DECEDENT; NECESSITY OF ADMINISTRATION.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Minnesota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Minn. Stat. § 524.3-104 (2026).

Text

No proceeding to enforce a claim against the estate of a decedent or the decedent's successors may be revived or commenced before the appointment of a personal representative. After the appointment and until distribution, all proceedings and actions to enforce a claim against the estate are governed by this article. After distribution a creditor whose claim has not been barred may recover from the distributees as provided in section524.3-1004or from a former personal representative individually liable as provided in section524.3-1005. This section has no application to a proceeding by a secured creditor of the decedent to enforce the creditor's right to the security except as to any deficiency judgment which might be sought therein.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

No proceeding to enforce a claim against the estate of a decedent or the decedent's successors may be revived or commenced before the appointment of a personal representative. After the appointment and until distribution, all proceedings and actions to enforce a claim against the estate are governed by this article. After distribution a creditor whose claim has not been barred may recover from the distributees as provided in section524.3-1004or from a former personal representative individually liable as provided in section524.3-1005. This section has no application to a proceeding by a secured creditor of the decedent to enforce the creditor's right to the security except as to any deficiency judgment which might be sought therein.