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Agent, Beneficiary, Bond, Co-Executor, decedent, estate, Estate Administration, Executor, Executor Fraud, Out-of-State Executor, Probate Court, Property Values, Restrictions, Will
In general, all states will allow you to serve as an out-of-state executor. In fact, probate courts would rarely refuse the choice of a decedent simply because they live out-of-state. With that said, many states have misgivings about out-of-state executors for the following reasons:
- If an executor misuses estate property, the probate court would have a hard time dealing with them in another jurisdiction.
- An out-of-state executor would have a hard time taking care of a house or assessing property values.
Consequently, because of these misgivings, many states place restrictions on out-of-state executors.