{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-1925/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-1925/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/15-16/23",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Estates Act 1925",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-1925",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Duty of personal representatives.",
  "text": "The personal representative of a deceased person shall be under a duty to—\n(a) collect and get in the real and personal estate of the deceased and administer it according to law;\n(b) when required to do so by the court, exhibit on oath in the court a full inventory of the estate and when so required render an account of the administration of the estate to the court;\n(c) when required to do so by the High Court, deliver up the grant of probate or administration to that court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 25 substituted by Administration of Estates Act 1971 (c. 25), s. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 25(a)(b) applied by Administration of Estates Act 1971 (c. 25), s. 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 25(c) excluded by Administration of Estates Act 1971 (c. 25), s. 1(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/23/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:43:06.818880+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}