§ 1 Appointment; number; term
§ 2 Bond; form; conditions
§ 4 Duties
§ 5 Instances when public administrator should not act
§ 5A Waiting period before administration
§ 6 Compensation for services of person taking out citation
§ 7 Change after grant of letters to public administrator
§ 8 Death, resignation or removal of public administrator
§ 9 Powers relating to real property
§ 10 Unclaimed balance of estate; deposit with treasurer
§ 11 Annual accounts; failure to deposit remaining money with treasurer on final settlement
§ 12 Accounting to successor administrator or executor
§ 13 Administration of pending estates at expiration of administrator’s term
§ 16 Action by district attorney to insure prompt and faithful administration
§ 17 Estates of less than $700
§ 18 Exemption from responsibility of estates of less than $700
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 194 - Public Administrators

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.