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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="8-105" title_number="8" title_name="Claims of Creditors" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the applicable assets of the estate are insufficient to pay all claims in full, the personal representative shall make payment in the following order:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Fees due to the register;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Costs and expenses of administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Funeral expenses as provided in § 8–106 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Compensation of personal representatives as provided in § 7–601 of this article, for legal services as provided in § 7–602 of this article, and commissions of licensed real estate brokers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Family allowance as provided in § 3–201 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Unpaid child support due by the decedent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Taxes due by the decedent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Reasonable medical, hospital, and nursing expenses of the last illness of the decedent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Rent payable by the decedent for not more than three months in arrears;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Wages, salaries, or commission for services performed for the decedent within three months prior to death of the decedent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Assistance paid under the Public Assistance to Adults Program, as provided in § 5–407(d) of the Human Services Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>All other claims.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A preference may not be given in the payment of a claim over another claim of the same class.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A claim due and payable is not entitled to a preference over claims not yet due.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
