395.170 Nonresident representatives -- Bond -- Actions by.
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(1)By giving bond, with surety that is resident of the county in which the action is
brought, nonresident executors or administrators of persons who were nonresidents
at the time of their death may prosecute actions for the recovery of debts due to such
decedents.
(2)In such actions the plaintiff's letters testamentary or letters of administration,
granted by a competent tribunal, properly authenticated, shall be filed. No judgment
shall be rendered until the plaintiff executes bond to the state, with good surety that
is resident of the county, conditioned to pay any debt due by his decedent to any
resident of this state to the extent assets come to his hands.
(3)Actions may be brought on the bond required by subsection
(2)for the use of any
creditor of the decedent for three years after the date of each receipt of assets by the
executor or administrator in this state but not after.
(4)If there is an executor or administrator of such a decedent qualified by a court of
this state, he alone may sue, but any debtor who pays his debt or part of it to a
nonresident personal representative without notice of the resident personal
representative shall be discharged to the extent of such payment.