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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="6-101" title_number="6" title_name="The Personal Representative" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Appointment and Issuance of Letters; Duties and Powers">
  <text>As a condition to a personal representative’s appointment, the personal representative shall file:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>A statement of acceptance of the duties of the office;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Any required bond; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>A written consent to personal jurisdiction in any action brought in the State against the personal representative as personal representative or arising out of the personal representative’s duties, where service of process is effected pursuant to the Maryland Rules at the address of the personal representative shown in the proceedings.</text>
  </level>
</section>
