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Terms Used In Utah Code 75-3-616

  • Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust, or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Personal representative: includes executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Registrar: means the official of the court designated to perform the functions of registrar as provided in Section 75-1-307. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Special administrator: means a personal representative as described in Sections 75-3-614 through 75-3-618. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2

     A special administrator appointed by the registrar in informal proceedings pursuant to Subsection 75-3-614(1)(a) has the duty to collect and manage the assets of the estate, to preserve them, to account therefor and to deliver them to the general personal representative upon his qualification. The special administrator has the power of a personal representative under the code necessary to perform his duties.