North Dakota § 30.1-15-03 (3-403) Formal testacy proceeding - Notice of hearing on petition

North Dakota Statutes

§ 30.1-15-03 — (3-403) Formal testacy proceeding - Notice of hearing on petition

North Dakota § 30.1-15-03

Title 30.1Uniform Probate Code

Ch. 30.1-15Formal Testacy and Appointment Proceedings

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N.D. Cent. Code § 30.1-15-03 (2026).

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1.Upon commencement of a formal testacy proceeding, the court shall fix a time and place of hearing. Notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by section 30.1-03-01 by the petitioner to the persons herein enumerated and to any additional person who has filed a demand for notice under section 30.1-13-04. Notice shall be given to the following persons:

a.The surviving spouse, children, and other heirs of the decedent;

b.The devisees and executors named in any will that is being, or has been, probated, or offered for informal or formal probate in the county, or that is known by the petitioner to have been probated, or offered for informal or formal probate elsewhere; and

c.Any personal representative of the decedent whose appointment has not been terminated. Notice may be given to ot

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1. Upon commencement of a formal testacy proceeding, the court shall fix a time and
place of hearing. Notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by section 30.1-03-01
by the petitioner to the persons herein enumerated and to any additional person who
has filed a demand for notice under section 30.1-13-04. Notice shall be given to the
following persons:
a. The surviving spouse, children, and other heirs of the decedent;
b. The devisees and executors named in any will that is being, or has been,
probated, or offered for informal or formal probate in the county, or that is known
by the petitioner to have been probated, or offered for informal or formal probate
elsewhere; and
c. Any personal representative of the decedent whose appointment has not been
terminated.
Notice may be given to other persons. In addition, the petitioner shall give notice by
publication to all unknown persons and to all known persons whose addresses are
unknown who have any interest in the matters being litigated.
2. If it appears by the petition or otherwise that the fact of the death of the alleged
decedent may be in doubt, or on the written demand of any interested person, a copy
of the notice of the hearing on said petition shall be sent by registered mail to the
alleged decedent at the alleged decedent's last-known address. The court shall direct
the petitioner to report the results of, or make and report back concerning, a
reasonably diligent search for the alleged decedent in any manner that may seem
advisable, including any or all of the following methods:
a. By inserting in one or more suitable periodicals a notice requesting information
from any person having knowledge of the whereabouts of the alleged decedent.
b. By notifying law enforcement officials and public welfare agencies in appropriate
locations of the disappearance of the alleged decedent.
c. By engaging the services of an investigator.
The costs of any search so directed shall be paid by the petitioner if there is no
administration or by the estate of the decedent in case there is administration.