Michigan Laws 205.249 – Corporation as personal representative; powers and duties
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 205.249
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Nonresident: means an individual who is not a resident. See Michigan Laws 205.256
- Personal representative: means the personal representative appointed by the probate court, including an independent personal representative, or, if a personal representative is not acting, then any person who is in the actual or constructive possession of any property included in the gross estate of the decedent or any other person who is required to file a return or pay the taxes due under any provision of this act. See Michigan Laws 205.256
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
If the personal representative of the estate of a nonresident is a corporation duly authorized, qualified, and acting as a personal representative in the jurisdiction of the domicile of the decedent, the corporation has the same powers and duties concerning notices and the filing of returns required by this act and may bring and defend actions as authorized or permitted by this act to the same extent as an individual personal representative. However, nothing in this act shall be taken or construed as authorizing a corporation not authorized to do business in this state to qualify or act as a personal representative, an administrator, or in any other fiduciary capacity, if otherwise prohibited by the laws of this state, except to the extent expressly provided in this act.