New Jersey § 3B:10-22 Priority among letters

New Jersey Statutes

§ 3B:10-22 — Priority among letters

New Jersey § 3B:10-22

Title 3BADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 3B:10-22 (2026).

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A person to whom general letters of appointment are issued first has exclusive authority under the letters until his appointment is terminated or modified. If, through error, general letters of appointment are afterwards issued to another, the first appointed personal representative may recover any property of the estate in the hands of the personal representative subsequently appointed, but the acts of the latter done in good faith before notice of the first letters are not void for want of validity of appointment. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:10-22, eff. May 1, 1982.

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A person to whom general letters of appointment are issued first has exclusive authority under the letters until his appointment is terminated or modified. If, through error, general letters of appointment are afterwards issued to another, the first appointed personal representative may recover any property of the estate in the hands of the personal representative subsequently appointed, but the acts of the latter done in good faith before notice of the first letters are not void for want of validity of appointment. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:10-22, eff. May 1, 1982.