§ 321 — Application for appointment of committee

§ 321. Application for appointment of committee. Such application\nshall be made upon personal notice of not less than twenty days to such\nconvicted person and to the district attorney of the county where the\nconviction was had, and upon notice to such other persons as would be\nentitled to notice of application for the probate of the will of such\nconvicted person if he were then dead leaving a will of real and\npersonal property, to be given in like manner as notice of application\nfor such probate. The application shall, among other things, set forth\nthe amount of the property of such person, and the names and residences\nof his heirs-at-law and next of kin, as near as the same are known or\ncan be ascertained by the applicant. Upon such application and due proof\nof the service of the notice herein required, the court may, in its\ndiscretion, appoint a committee of the estate of such convicted person.\nThe person or persons so appointed as such committee shall file a bond\nin the county clerk's office of such county, and in such amount and with\nsuch sureties as the said court shall direct. A copy of the order\nappointing such committee certified by the clerk of the county in which\nthe order is filed, shall be filed in every county in which any real\nestate of such convicted person is situated.\n