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Probate is the legal process to transfer title from a deceased person to a living person when the only names of the title are deceased persons.
Some duties of a personal representative. These are only a few.
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Locate all the assets.
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Locate all the papers that show the debts of the deceased person.
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Locating the Will.
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Hiring an attorney.
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Obeying the terms of the Will by distributing the assets and paying the debts.
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Obtaining the tax identification number.
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Opening the estate checking account.
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Canceling utilities.
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Canceling credit cards.
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Hiring a real estate agent to sell the house.
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Hiring an estate sale company to remove the contents from the house.
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Handling a trust created by a Will and dealing with the probate court until the trust ends.
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Transferring title/selling to assets out of the probate estate to third parties to create cash for the estate to pay taxes, claims and inheritances.
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Ensuring thorough accounting and settlement of the estate.
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Close the estate, paying the attorney and the personal representative.