865.11 Inventory and tax returns.
(1) A personal representative who is not successor to another representative who previously has discharged this duty shall prepare an inventory of property owned by the decedent at the time of death. The inventory may indicate as to each listed item its fair market value and the amount of any encumbrance as of the death of the decedent and shall list the fair market value of and the amount of any encumbrance on bank and savings accounts, securities and real property. The probate registrar shall accept the inventory form filed with the department of revenue for death tax purposes for the purposes of this subsection.
(2) The personal representative shall furnish a copy of the inventory to interested persons, and shall exhibit to but need not file a copy of the inventory with the probate registrar. He or she need not file the inventory, the death tax return, nor the federal estate tax return with the court but he or she may do so if it is in the best interest of the estate and the beneficiaries.
History: 1973 c. 39; 1975 c. 331; 1987 a. 27 s. 3200 (47).
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