(1) If the petition for appointment of the personal representative states that no assets of the estate are known to the petitioner and no assets of the estate have come into the possession or knowledge of the personal representative, the personal representative may move to close the estate no earlier than four months after the latest date of delivery or mailing of the information described in ORS § 113.145.

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(2) The motion must state that no assets of the estate have come into the possession or knowledge of the personal representative and that the purpose for filing the petition under ORS § 113.035 has been accomplished.

(3) The personal representative shall set a time for filing objections to the motion to close the estate. Not less than 20 days before the time set, the personal representative shall mail a copy of the motion to close the estate to the persons who would be entitled to receive a copy of the final account under ORS § 116.093.

(4) If the court grants the motion, the court shall enter a general judgment closing the estate and discharging the personal representative. The discharge so entered operates as a release of the personal representative from further duties and as a bar to any action against the personal representative. The court may, in its discretion and upon such terms as may be just, within one year after entry of the judgment of discharge, permit an action to be brought against the personal representative if the judgment of discharge was taken through fraud or misrepresentation of the personal representative or through the mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect of the claimant. [2019 c.414 § 9]