# Estates and Trusts (GET)

## Title 5. Opening the Estate

### Subtitle 3. Administrative Probate

#### Section 5-301

(a) Administrative probate is a proceeding instituted by the filing of a petition for probate by an interested person before the register for the probate of a will or a determination of the intestacy of the decedent, and for the appointment of a personal representative.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Sec. 5-402 of this title, the proceeding may be conducted without prior notice, and is final, to the extent provided in Sec. 5-304 of this subtitle, subject to the right of an interested person to require judicial probate as provided in Subtitle 4 of this title.

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Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)