72-3-212. Informal probate -- clerk to make findings. In an informal proceeding for original probate of a will, the clerk shall determine whether:
(1) the application is complete;
(2) the applicant has made oath or affirmation that the statements contained in the application are true to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief;
(3) the applicant appears from the application to be an interested person as defined in 72-1-103;
(4) on the basis of the statements in the application, venue is proper;
(5) an original, duly executed, and apparently unrevoked will, an authenticated copy of a will probated in another jurisdiction, or an authenticated copy of a will filed without probate in another jurisdiction and proved, as provided in 72-3-220, is in the clerk's possession;
(6) any notice required by 72-3-106 has been given and that the application is not within 72-3-213(5); and
(7) it appears from the application that the time limit for original probate has not expired.
History: En. 91A-3-303 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 516, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-3-303(1); amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 494, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 410, L. 2005.
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