2025 Session Last amended: 1995 session

§ 524.3-1008 — Subsequent Administration

Plain-Language Summary

This section explains what happens when estate property turns up after the estate has already been closed. If property is left out or discovered after the estate was settled and the personal representative discharged, or more than one year after a closing statement was filed, the court (on petition) or the registrar (on application by any interested person) may appoint the original or a successor personal representative to administer the newly found property. The usual rules of this chapter then apply to that later administration, except that any claim already barred cannot be revived.

Practical Notes
If assets surface after an estate has been wrapped up, the estate can be reopened and a personal representative appointed to handle just those assets. Keep in mind that reopening does not give creditors a second chance: claims that were already time-barred stay barred and cannot be brought in the new administration.