# Estates and Trusts (GET)

## Title 5. Opening the Estate

### Subtitle 8. Admission of Copy of Executed Will

#### Section 5-802

A petition for admission of a copy of a will may be filed with the court at any time before administrative or judicial probate if:

(1) The original executed will is alleged to be lost or destroyed;

(2) A duplicate reproduction of the original executed will, evidencing a copy of the original signatures of the decedent and the witnesses, is offered for admission; and

(3) All the heirs at law and legatees named in the offered will execute a consent in the manner set forth in Sec. 5-803 of this subtitle.

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