75-3-1006. Limitations on actions and proceedings against distributees.
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75-3-1006. Limitations on actions and proceedings against distributees.
(1)Unless previously adjudicated in a formal testacy proceeding or in a proceeding settling the accounts of a personal representative or otherwise barred, the claim of any claimant to recover from a distributee who is liable to pay the claim, and the right of any heir or devisee or of a successor personal representative acting in their behalf, to recover property improperly distributed or the value thereof from any distributee is barred at the later of:
(a)as to a claim by a creditor of the decedent, one year after the decedent's death; and
(b)as to any other claimant and any heir or devisee, at the later of:
(i)three years after the decedent's death; or
(ii)one year after the time of distribution thereof.
(2)This section does not bar an action to recover property or value received as the result of fraud.
Amended by Chapter 179 , 1992 General Session