A foreign personal representative submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the estate by:

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Terms Used In North Dakota Code 30.1-25-01

  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • 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.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

1.    Filing authenticated copies of the foreign personal representative’s appointment as provided in section 30.1-24-05; 2.    Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property under section 30.1-24-02; or

3.    Doing any act as a personal representative in this state which would have given the state jurisdiction over the foreign personal representative as an individual.

Jurisdiction under subsection 2 is limited to the money or value of personal property collected.