(a) No account of any personal representative shall be taken until the clerk of the probate or chancery court, taking the account, or the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney has served the parties interested with notice of taking the account at least five (5) days before the time fixed for taking the account. This notice may be waived in writing by any legatee, distributee or other person interested in the estate.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 30-2-603

  • 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.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Personal representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) If addresses of heirs, distributees, or other persons interested in the estate are unknown, the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney shall publish notice of the accounting in a newspaper of general circulation in the county with jurisdiction over the probate proceedings.
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