# Administration of Estates Act 1971, Section 9: Duties of personal representatives.

Extent: E+W

For section 25 of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (duty of personal representatives as to inventory and account) there shall be substituted the following section:—
“Duty of personal representatives.
25 The personal representative of a deceased person shall be under a duty to—
(a) collect and get in the real and personal estate of the deceased and administer it according to law;
(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;
(c) when required to do so by the High Court, deliver up the grant of probate or administration to that court.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/25/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-1971/section-9
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